Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A really simple pasta dish made with easy gorgonzola cream sauce. Rich, comforting bowl food, ready in 15 minutes.
Ingredients
400 g (14 oz) penne pasta or you favourite pasta shapes
2 tbsp unsalted butter
1 banana shallot peeled and finely chopped (or use 1/2 small onion)
2 cloves minced garlic
150 ml (1/2 cup + 2 tbsp) double (heavy) cream
125 g (4.5 oz) Gorgonzola cheese crumbled or roughly chopped
2 tbsp finely grated (shredded) parmesan
3 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
⅛ tsp salt
¼ tsp black pepper
To Serve:
1 tbsp finely grated (shredded) parmesan
1 pinch black pepper
1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
2 tbsp chopped toasted walnuts
Instructions
- Cook the pasta in boiling water as per the cooking instructions, until al dente.
- Melt the butter in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add the chopped shallot and fry for 3-4 minutes, until softened.
- Add the minced garlic and cook for a further 1 minute.
- Add the cream, Gorgonzola cheese, Parmesan, parsley, salt, and pepper and stir until the Gorgonzola melts.
- By this time the pasta should be ready. Drain the pasta in a colander over the sink, reserving 1/2 cup of the cooking water.
- Add the pasta to the pan with the cream sauce and stir together. Add in a splash of the pasta cooking water (or more) if you want to loosen up the sauce at all.
- Divide the pasta between plates. Top with Parmesan, black pepper, fresh parsley, and toasted walnuts, then serve.
A really simple pasta dish made with easy gorgonzola cream sauce. Rich, comforting bowl food, ready in 15 minutes.
Ingredients
400 g (14 oz) penne pasta or you favourite pasta shapes
2 tbsp unsalted butter
1 banana shallot peeled and finely chopped (or use 1/2 small onion)
2 cloves minced garlic
150 ml (1/2 cup + 2 tbsp) double (heavy) cream
125 g (4.5 oz) Gorgonzola cheese crumbled or roughly chopped
2 tbsp finely grated (shredded) parmesan
3 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
⅛ tsp salt
¼ tsp black pepper
To Serve:
1 tbsp finely grated (shredded) parmesan
1 pinch black pepper
1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
2 tbsp chopped toasted walnuts
Instructions
- Cook the pasta in boiling water as per the cooking instructions, until al dente.
- Melt the butter in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add the chopped shallot and fry for 3-4 minutes, until softened.
- Add the minced garlic and cook for a further 1 minute.
- Add the cream, Gorgonzola cheese, Parmesan, parsley, salt, and pepper and stir until the Gorgonzola melts.
- By this time the pasta should be ready. Drain the pasta in a colander over the sink, reserving 1/2 cup of the cooking water.
- Add the pasta to the pan with the cream sauce and stir together. Add in a splash of the pasta cooking water (or more) if you want to loosen up the sauce at all.
- Divide the pasta between plates. Top with Parmesan, black pepper, fresh parsley, and toasted walnuts, then serve.
