Pasta with blue cheese sauce
Description
The recipe won't take much time. This creamy spread goes well with slices of toasted baguette. If the sauce seems too thin, you can easily thicken it by adding cornstarch. Serve hot.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. Place walnuts in a small skillet and toast over medium heat for about 5 minutes, until fragrant and beginning to turn brown. Remove from the skillet, let cool, then roughly chop. Set aside.
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Step 2
2. Add Penne pasta to a large saucepan of boiling salted water and cook until done, according to package instructions. Drain, reserving 1/4 cup of the pasta cooking liquid. Set pasta and reserved liquid aside.
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Step 3
3. Reduce the heat to medium and add butter, milk, and blue cheese to the pot. Stir until smooth. Add a pinch of salt and black pepper.
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Step 4
4. Add the cooked pasta and arugula to the sauce in the saucepan.
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Step 5
5. Gently mix to ensure all the pasta is coated with the sauce. If you need to make the sauce thinner, you can add the reserved water.
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Step 6
6. Serve the pasta with toasted walnuts.