Aphrodisiac Tagliatelle with Blue Cheese Sauce

Description

An easy and quick romantic lunch or dinner recipe that will surely impress! Replace the walnuts with pine nuts, if so moved.

Ingredients

  • 1 (16 ounce) box tagliatelle pasta
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 3 ½ ounces crumbled blue cheese
  • ⅔ teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 pinch ground black pepper
  • 1 pinch ground white pepper (Optional)
  • 1 pinch ground nutmeg
  • 1 pinch dried oregano
  • 1 pinch dried basil
  • 1 tablespoon toasted walnuts, chopped

Instructions

  1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Boil the tagliatelle until tender yet firm to the bite
  2. 8 to 10 minutes.
  3. Meanwhile
  4. heat cream in a saucepan over low heat until warm; stir in blue cheese
  5. lemon juice
  6. garlic powder
  7. nutmeg
  8. oregano
  9. basil
  10. salt
  11. white pepper
  12. and black pepper. Cook very gently until blue cheese has melted and sauce is hot; make sure the sauce doesn’t boil.
  13. Drain tagliatelle and return to the pot. Drizzle olive oil over top and toss gently to coat. Transfer to a serving dish.
  14. Pour blue cheese sauce over tagliatelle. Top with walnuts to serve.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 30 mins

Servings: 4

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