Cheeseboard pasta bake

Name: Cheeseboard pasta bake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons light olive oil; freshly ground black pepper; 2 garlic cloves, peeled; finely grated zest of ½ lemon; 1 teaspoon fresh thyme; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) penne; 350 ml (12 fl oz) thickened (whipping) cream; salt flakes; 120 g (4½ oz) sourdough, crusts removed and bread torn into small pieces; 1 red onion, finely diced; 4 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) whatever cheese you have left over from the Christmas cheeseboard

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

Chefs Host Christmas Too

By Darren Purchese

Published 2018

About

Perfect for the day after the night before, this won’t take much effort to get onto the table and everyone will thank you for it. Use whatever cheese you like or had left on that epic cheeseboard from last night. Even blue cheese works well in this.

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb 2 oz) penne
2

Winter
Pasta
Vegetarian
December

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F). Bring a large saucepan of salted water to the boil, add the pasta and cook for 2 minutes less than the recommended time on the packet.
Meanwhile, heat a large cast-iron or heavy-based saucepan over medium heat. Add th