Name: Ziti with Roquefort Sauce Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 6 oz Roquefort cheese; 1½ cups heavy cream; ½ cup chicken broth; 1 cup dry white wine; 2 tbsp butter; ¾ tsp salt; ¼ tsp fresh ground black pepper; ¾ lb ziti; ¼ cup parmesan cheese; 2 tbsp Fresh Parsley

How To Make Ziti with Roquefort Sauce

Delightfully piquant, this Ziti pasta dish is tossed with a cheesy Roquefort sauce made of Roquefort cheese, heavy cream, white wine, and chicken broth.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 20 minutes

Total: 35 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

6ozRoquefort cheese
1½cupsheavy cream
½cupchicken broth,canned, low-sodium, or homemade stock
1cupdry white wine
2tbspbutter
¾tspsalt
¼tspfresh ground black pepper
¾lbziti
¼cupparmesan cheese,grated
2tbspfresh parsley,chopped

Instructions

In a medium bowl, mash the Roquefort with a fork.
Add the cream a little at a time, whisking, until the mixture is fairly smooth. Some lumps of cheese will remain.
In a medium, stainless-steel saucepan, bring the chicken broth and the wine to a boil over moderate heat.
Cook for about 5 minutes until reduced to ½ cup.
Add the butter. Reduce the heat to moderately low and add the Roquefort mixture.
Cook, stirring for about 3 minutes until the sauce thickens slightly,
Add the salt and pepper.
In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the ziti for about 12 minutes until just done.
Drain the pasta and toss with the Roquefort cream sauce, parmesan, and parsley.
Serve with additional parmesan.

Recipe Notes

Wine Recommendation: Roquefort is tough to match with wine. An acidic white is favorable, such as a Chenin blanc from France’s Loire Valley, or an acidic red, such as a young dolcetto from the Piedmont region in Italy.