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Four Cheese Pasta

Four Cheese Pasta is a flavorful and creamy first course that's quick and easy to prepare, perfect for when you have various leftover cheese pieces in your fridge to use up!
Recipe Four Cheese Pasta
  • Difficulty Easy
  • Preparation 15 minutes
  • Cooking 15 minutes
  • Servings for 4 servings

The Four Cheese Pasta is a classic Italian recipe that allows us to prepare a flavorful and truly creamy pasta dish in a quick and simple way. In the Four Cheese Pasta, as I previously explained in the Salmon version, the traditional cheeses used are Emmental, Parmigiano Reggiano, Taleggio (a semi-soft Italian cheese with a mild flavor that can be substituted with Brie or Fontina), and Gorgonzola (Italian blue cheese). If you’re not a fan of Gorgonzola, you can prepare a Four Cheese Pasta without Gorgonzola by replacing it with a mild semi-soft cheese like Havarti or mild Cheddar.

I love Four Cheese Pasta because it’s a perfect recipe for using up leftover ingredients! We can prepare it to use up all those small pieces of leftover cheese sitting in the fridge that we wouldn’t know how to use otherwise, similar to what we did in the Mushroom and Cheese Savory Pie recipe!

Ingredients for 4 servings

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Method

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  1. First, cook the pasta making sure to drain it when it’s still al dente (firm to the bite).
  2. Meanwhile, take a small saucepan and pour in the milk and heavy cream, letting them cook over low heat. Then add the grated Parmigiano-Reggiano and Emmental cheese, while the Gorgonzola and Taleggio should be cut into small cubes. Mix everything well with a wooden spoon until the cheeses melt, then adjust with salt and add black pepper.
  3. Put the cheese sauce in a non-stick pan and drain the pasta. Add the pasta to the pan with the sauce and toss for a few minutes. Serve the Four Cheese Pasta with some grated Parmigiano-Reggiano on top. Finally, remember to download our App with exclusive content and fewer ads!

Variations and Alternatives

If you enjoyed this Four Cheese Pasta, you can also try the version with Italian Sausage. To prepare it, simply cook 3 or 4 crumbled Italian sausages together with the cheeses.

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