Caramelized Onion and Blue Cheese Orzo recipe

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Ingredients

1 pound uncooked orzo pasta
2 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons olive oil
4 onions, sliced
6 ½ ounces blue cheese, crumbled
3 ½ ounces mascarpone cheese
2 cups shredded spinach
salt and pepper to taste

Nutrition Info

872.8 calories
carbohydrate: 97.3 g
cholesterol: 80.5 mg
fat: 42.4 g
fiber: 5.5 g
protein: 29 g
saturatedFat: 20.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 717.5 mg
sugar: 10.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente, drain.

  2. While pasta is cooking, heat butter and oil in a large skillet over low heat. Cook onion in this mixture until golden brown, 20 to 30 minutes. Remove from pan with a spoon and drain on paper towels.

  3. In a large bowl, combine blue cheese, mascarpone and onion and mix well. Toss cheese mixture with spinach and pasta, season with salt and pepper and serve.

Recipe Yield

4 servings

Recipe Note

Rissoni, also known as semi di melone, or any other short soup pasta can be used for this dish.

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