Caramelized Onion And Blue Cheese Orzo

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb uncooked orzo pasta
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 onions, sliced
• 6 1/2 ounces blue cheese, crumbled (or brie & blue cheese by saga)
• 3 1/2 ounces mascarpone cheese
• 2 cups shredded spinach
• salt and pepper
• 1 pinch brown sugar or 1 pinch splenda sugar substitute
• red crushed red pepper flakes, to taste
• freshly ground nutmeg (optional, if using a pinch or two)

Recipe

• 1 bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.
• 2 add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• 3 while pasta is cooking, heat butter and oil in a large skillet over low heat.
• 4 cook onion in this mixture with brown sugar until golden brown, 20 to 30 minutes.
• 5 remove from pan with a spoon and drain on paper towels.
• 6 in a large bowl, combine blue cheese (or brie & blue cheese if using), mascarpone, crushed red pepper flakes, onion, ground nutmeg (just a pinch) and mix well.
• 7 toss cheese mixture with spinach and pasta, season with salt and pepper and serve.