Boursin Cheese Pasta
Creamy pasta from a block of Boursin — baked Boursin pasta, creamy Boursin chicken pasta, one pot Boursin pasta, creamy Boursin orzo — for busy weeknights.
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dinnerBaked Boursin Pasta
This baked Boursin pasta recipe is a creamy and delicious dinner. It's got just burst juicy cherry tomatoes, a garlic and herb Boursin base, and lots of fresh herbs 🌿 🍽️😍
Hema ManohorIngredients
- 1 pound Cavatappi Pasta
- 2 boxes Boursin Garlic and Fine Herbs Cheese
- 20 ounces Cherry Tomato
- 1 1/2 tablespoon Olive Oil
- 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
- 1/2 teaspoon Black Pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes
- Optional Topping Fresh Basil Parsley Chives
Instructions
- 1Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- 2Cook pasta according to package directions in a large pot with salted water.
- 3Place the Boursin and cherry tomatoes in a 9x9 or large baking dish. Top the cheese and tomatoes with olive oil, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes.
- 4Bake for 30 minutes or until the tomatoes are just bursting. Stir the cheese and tomatoes together. Drain the pasta and stir it together with the cheese tomato mixture.
- 5Top with optional fresh herbs and serve.
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Open in Pepper →One Block Of Cheese Makes The Sauce
A block of herbed cheese melts down into a sauce without a roux, without cream, without standing at the stove whisking. That's the whole trick, and it works on pasta, orzo, and gnocchi alike.
Cooks on Pepper reach for these on the nights when dinner has to be hot by 6:30 and the store run already happened yesterday. One box of pasta, one block of cheese, whatever tomatoes or chicken is in the fridge.
Every recipe here leans on that melt: Baked Boursin Pasta with cavatappi and cherry tomatoes, Creamy Boursin Chicken Pasta with rotisserie chicken and bow ties, Boursin Cheese & Italian Sausage Pasta, Boursin Cheese Pasta with Broccoli, Creamy Boursin Orzo with sundried tomatoes, and Creamy Mushroom Gnocchi with Boursin Cheese.
Quick Tips
- 1
Save the pasta water
Scoop out 1 cup before draining. Add it a few tablespoons at a time to loosen the cheese into a glossy sauce instead of a thick paste.
- 2
Let the cheese soften
Set the block out for 15 to 20 minutes before cooking so it melts evenly and doesn't leave lumps in the hot pasta.
- 3
Roast tomatoes until they burst
Give cherry or grape tomatoes 30 to 35 minutes at 400°F so they collapse and their juice thins the cheese naturally.
- 4
Brown the sausage first
Cook Italian sausage 6 to 8 minutes over medium-high and stir the pasta into that same pan so the drippings go into the sauce.
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