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Baked Blue Cheese Pasta with Bacon, Tomatoes, and Spinach

This baked blue cheese pasta with bacon, tomatoes and spinach is my new favorite! It takes the baked feta pasta approach to a whole new level reminiscent to a steakhouse mac and cheese! It's quick, easy, and packed full of flavor! Even non-blue cheese lovers will adore it!
5 from 6 votes
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Course pasta
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 2 4 oz wedges Roth’s Buttermilk Blue Cheese
  • 1 lb sliced thick cut bacon
  • 2 pints cherry or grape tomatoes
  • ½ lb pasta of your choice
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 cups fresh spinach packed

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400F degrees.
  • Prepare pasta al dente according to the directions on the bag — being sure to save 1 cup pasta water for later on if needed.
  • Line a baking sheet with parchment paper then add bacon spaced equally apart on top. Set aside.
  • In a medium sized baking dish, add tomatoes, olive oil and salt and toss.
  • Place 2 of Roth’s Buttermilk Blue Cheese Wedges on top of the tomatoes.
  • Place the baking dish in the middle rack of the oven and place the bacon sheet pan below it on a lower rack.
  • Bake both dishes for 30 minutes, flipping the bacon halfway through.
  • Once the bacon is crispy, at around 30 minutes, pull it out of the oven and set aside. Crumble once cooled. If it's crispy before that, definitely pull it out early!
  • Now crank the heat on the tomato blue cheese baking dish to 450 for another 5-10 minutes or until the tomatoes are starting to blister and caramelize.
  • Remove the baking dish from the oven and immediately add the fresh garlic and stir everything together.
  • Now add the crumbled cooked bacon, the fresh spinach and the cooked pasta on top.
  • Toss everything together until the spinach is wilted and the sauce is creamy. If the sauce looks dry, add ¼ cup pasta water at a time to loosen it up.
  • Season with more salt and pepper to taste before serving.
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