Creamy Havarti Cheese Pasta Sauce Food

CREAMY HAVARTI CHEESE PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat a large sauce pan using medium heat. Once the sauce pan is hot, add the butter and olive oil.
• Once the olive oil and butter becomes hot (this should only take a few seconds to get the oil and butter hot), add the garlic to the pan.
• Cook the garlic for few seconds. Then, add the half and half, dry white white, and onion powder to the sauce. Then stir the sauce.
• Turn the heat down to medium low heat and let the sauce cook for about 5 minutes. As the sauce cooks, stir the sauce occasionally.
• After the sauce has cooked, turn the heat off, add the cheeses to the sauce, and stir the sauce until the cheese has melted and blended into the sauce. (At this time you can add the optional truffle oil).
• Use a hand held blender to blend the sauce so that the sauce is creamy as it helps the cheeses to blend well.
• Salt and pepper the sauce to taste.
• Serve with your favorite pasta.

HAVARTI MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Cook and drain macaroni as directed on package.
• In 10-inch skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Using whisk, stir in flour, salt and onion. Cook 2 to 3 minutes, or until mixture smells nutty and is lightly golden, stirring constantly with whisk.
• Add milk. Continue to beat with whisk, scraping bottom of skillet until mixture heats to boiling. Mixture will thicken. Remove from heat; add cheese and dill. Stir with whisk until smooth. Stir in drained macaroni.
• Serve with additional dill weed if desired.

CREAMY HAVARTI GRITS

Steps:

• Bring heavy cream, chicken broth, and water to a boil in a medium saucepan.
• Add butter, salt, and pepper.
• Slowly whisk in grits and reduce heat.
• Cook 15 to 20 minutes over low heat, stirring frequently.
• Stir in shredded or cubed Havarti cheese; continue to stir until well blended and cheese has melted.
• Serve in place of rice with shrimp, pork tenderloin medallions, lamb chops, or other meat or poultry.

PASTA WITH HAVARTI AND BASIL

Steps:

• Heat 3 tablespoons oil in skilled over medium high and add onion and garlic.
• Saute until onion is slightly browned.
• Mix in tomatoes, dried basil and crushed pepper.
• Bring to a boil.
• Break up tomatoes.
• Add broth and bring to a boil again.
• Reduce to simmer and cook until reduced to 6 cups, about one hour.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Preheat oven to 375.
• Cook pasta, per package directions and drain well.
• Toss pasta with 2 tablespoons olive oil.
• Pour sauce over and mix well.
• Stir in havarti and transfer to a 13 x 9 baking dish.
• Sprinkle with parmesan and bake 30 minutes.
• When done, sprinkle with fresh basil.