Ok, I admit it, I am blatantly dreaming of pasta right now :)
But don't worry, at least you get a lovely pasta recipe out of it.
Most of you know about my slight obsession with anything made from quince and with the seasonal calendar thing for the UK (do I look like I know when things are in season in this country?!?!) telling me that quince season is only a couple of weeks away I am now not only dreaming of pasta but also of quince :)
Today's recipe was dinner a few weeks back when I was staring at my fridge and there wasn't much staring back. But, there was a bit of roquefort begging to be used up and there was a square of quince cheese that had been sitting there for a couple of days as well. So the idea was born.
If you're not familiar with quince cheese, don't worry, neither was I until my lovely cheesemonger offered me some. It's basically quince stewed with lots of sugar for pretty much forever (ok, I'm exaggerating) that is then allowed to set. I remember eating quince cheese or dulce de membrillo covered in sugar as a kid (oh, the pure bliss I missed out on by not knowing how amazing it tastes with blue cheese!!!!), but back to the pasta!
Pasta with a Blue-Chesse Sauce and Quince Cheese
Blue Cheese
Cream
White Wine
Salt
Pepper
Stock Cubes
Pasta
Quince Cheese
Make a quick and easy blue cheese sauce (nothing fancy, just make sure you use enough blue cheese so it tastes quite intense)
Boil enough pasta to feed a small army :)
Mix the pasta with the sauce, then chop the quince cheese into cubes and sprinkle them on top.
See, that was easy!
Enjoy with a glass of wine think of what else quince would go with :)
I just had an epiphany when you told me what dulce de membrillo actually IS. I've seen it loads in Spain but never got around to inquiring what the heck it actually was... And your recipe will definitely get tried. Sounds yummy!
ReplyDeleteOh, it was gorgeous! You know that feeling when you're having a simple meal that makes you realize that you don't need anything fancy, that this combination of clean flavours makes you probably happier than something incredibly elaborate will (and that you only had to wash two pots...)
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