Name: Blue cheese and broad bean pasta
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 500 gram packet frozen broad beans; 375 gram fresh orecchiette pasta or other short cut pasta; 90 gram gorgonzola or other blue cheese; 3/4 cup (185g) mascarpone; 1 bunch chives, snipped; mixed leaf salad, to serve

Blue cheese and broad bean pasta

Serves 4

Prep

15M

Cook

15M

Total

30M

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Ingredients

500 gram packet frozen broad beans

375 gram fresh orecchiette pasta or other short cut pasta

90 gram gorgonzola or other blue cheese

3/4 cup (185g) mascarpone

1 bunch chives, snipped

mixed leaf salad, to serve

Method

1.Cook broad beans in a saucepan of boiling, salted water for 2 minutes. Drain, rinse and discard outer skins.

2.Meanwhile, cook orecchiette in a large saucepan of boiling, salted water according to packet directions. Drain

3.Combine gorgonzola and mascarpone in a saucepan on low heat. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring, until combined.

4.Fold through broad beans and cook for 2 minutes, until heated through. Fold through orecchiette and chives and season with pepper.

5.Serve hot with mixed leaf salad.

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