Recipe - Rigatoni With Gorgonzola Cheese (Timballo Al Gorgonzola)

2 One half tablespoon Butter
One half cup French bread crumbs, fresh
1 One fourth cup Whole milk
One half cup Whipping cream
1 tablespoon Allpurpose flour
12 ounce Gorgonzola cheese, crumbled
1 pound Rigatoni or penne pasta
One fourth cup Grated parmesan cheese

Preheat oven to 400F. Butter 9x13" baking dish. Melt 1/2T butter in small
nonstick skillet over med heat. Add breadcrumbs and stir until golden,
about 4 min. Remove skillet from heat. Bring milk and cream to simmer in
med saucepan. Remove from heat. Melt remaining 2T butter in another med
saucepan over low heat. Add flour; stir 2 min. Whisk in milk mixture. Whisk
until slightly thickened, about 4 min. Add gorgonzola and whisk until
cheese melts and sauce is almost smooth. Set aside. Cook pasta in large pot
of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite. Drain.
Return pasta to pot. Add gorgonzola sauce and toss to coat pasta. Season
pasta to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer to prepared baking dish.
Sprinkle with grated parmesan cheese and breadcrumbs. Bake pasta and sauce
until sauce bubbles, about 25 min. Let stand 5 min and serve.

Recipe by: Bon Appetit 5/97 Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #612 by
"terily@tenet.edu" terily@tenet.edu on May 14, 1997