Four-cheese pasta. Cooking tips from famous chefs.

Four-cheese pasta

The food that made the whole world cry with delight. Pasta recipe has spread all over the world, along with Italian immigrants. In their meagre luggage, there was a place for a pasta machine, a kitchen gadget without which it is impossible to imagine any Italian cuisine. After all, if you have pasta and a piece of cheese, you will never be hungry. And if you have pasta and four cheeses, you will be incredibly deliciously fed.

  • Prep time: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: 15 minutes
  • Serves: 2
  • Difficulty: easy
  • Course: pasta
  • Cookware: pasta pot, pasta tongs
  • Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients

  • 200 g pasta
  • 40 g Mascarpone
  • 40 g Dorblu / Roquefort / Gorgonzola
  • 40 g Parmesan / Pecorino / Grana Padano
  • 40 g Camembert / Brie
  • 100 ml double cream
  • salt

Cooking method

Step 1

For pasta, for every 100g pasta you need 1 litre water and 10g salt. Put a large pot with water on a high heat, add salt and bring to boil. Add spaghetti and cook until al dente. Drain the pasta.

Step 2

Peel the cheeses and roughly chop them. Pour cream into a saucepan and add cheeses. Over low heat, stir until cheeses have melted into a thick sauce. Transfer pasta on plates and pour it over with the cheese sauce. Serve immediately.

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My tips and tricks:

Remember that four-cheese sauce thickens as it cools, so serve it right away. But if, nevertheless, it became thicker, then you can put the sauce again on low heat, add a little milk and, constantly stirring, bring it to the desired consistency.

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Recipe type: pasta
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • 200 g pasta
  • 40 g Mascarpone
  • 40 g Dorblu / Roquefort / Gorgonzola
  • 40 g Parmesan / Pecorino / Grana Padano
  • 40 g Camembert / Brie
  • 100 ml double cream
  • salt
Cooking method
  1. For pasta, for every 100g pasta you need 1 litre water and 10g salt. Put a large pot with water on a high heat, add salt and bring to boil. Add spaghetti and cook until al dente. Drain the pasta.
  2. Peel the cheeses and roughly chop them. Pour cream into a saucepan and add cheeses. Over low heat, stir until cheeses have melted into a thick sauce. Transfer pasta on plates and pour it over with the cheese sauce. Serve immediately.
My tips and tricks
Remember that four-cheese sauce thickens as it cools, so serve it right away. But if, nevertheless, it became thicker, then you can put the sauce again on low heat, add a little milk and, constantly stirring, bring it to the desired consistency.