Cheeseboard pasta bake

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

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

Vegetarian
December
Winter
Pasta

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