Pasta Tossed with Blue Cheese Sauce

Pasta Tossed with Blue Cheese Sauce recipe

photo by:kraft

Fettuccine pasta, ham and pecans are tossed with a sumptuous cream cheese sauce flavored with wine, garlic and blue cheese for an elegant entrée.

time

prep:

15 min

total:

30 min

servings

total:

4 servings

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What You Need

Tbsp. butter or margarine

cup coarsely chopped leeks

1/4

cup coarsely chopped PLANTERS Pecans

1-1/2

cups OSCAR MAYER Cooked Ham strips

1/4

cup Madeira wine

clove garlic, minced

container (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese Spread

Tbsp. milk

1/2

cup ATHENOS Crumbled Blue Cheese

oz. fettuccine, cooked, drained

Make It

MELT butter in medium skillet. Add leeks and pecans; cook and stir until leeks are tender. Add ham; cook until heated through, stirring occasionally. Set aside.

COOK wine and garlic in medium saucepan on low heat 1 min. Add cream cheese spread and milk; cook until cream cheese spread is melted and mixture is well blended, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; stir in blue cheese.

PLACE hot fettuccine in large serving bowl. Add ham mixture and cheese sauce; mix lightly.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Serving Suggestion

Balance this special occasion entree with smart side dishes. For example, choose a mixed green salad and vegetable.

Use Your Microwave

Place leeks, pecans and butter in 1-qt. microwaveable casserole dish. Cover with plastic wrap; turn back one corner to vent. Microwave on HIGH 3 to 5 min. or until leeks are tender, stirring after 2 min. Stir in ham. Microwave 3 to 5 min. or until heated through.

Substitute

Substitute chicken broth for the wine and PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese for the cream cheese spread.

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a cook

posted:1/6/2010

After reviewing other comments about being too rich I used 16oz of pasta rather than the 8oz called for by the recipe. Used scallons rather than leaks and added slicing peperoni. Kids and wife loved it.

bouck514

posted:10/17/2008

Way to strong and to thick.

mmjarchow

posted:10/19/2007

Excellent! The wine and the bleu cheese are a wonderful and tasty combination!

a cook

posted:11/19/2006

My husband loved it!

iciclelady2000

posted:7/25/2006

Loved it! My husband said, "We can have this again!" This has been added to my recipes good enough for entertaining list.

shektay

posted:10/23/2005

This is wonderful, you can also use clam broth instead of the wine and clams instead of the ham. Thank you! This is a wonderful base recipe you can do several things with.

a cook

posted:5/5/2005

This was wonderful. My husband, who is not a big blue cheese fan, said "Don't throw this recipe away." The next night he said "Outstanding". I will definitely make it again.

a cook

posted:10/16/2002

a cook

posted:10/3/2002

This pasta is yummy! It has a mild, yet distinct blue cheese flavor. Great paired with a light salad with french dressing and a few blue cheese crumbles. Also, easy to make!

a cook

posted:2/8/2002