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Are you searching for a great dish for the holiday season to cook on Christmas Eve or for entertaining over New Year? Perhaps a dish for those days when you've all had too much turkey and want something a little different? If so I have a lovely festive Italian recipe for you!

We've been trying a Wildgrain Subscription box, which is a must have for the New Year and beyond. Wildgrain is a small team based in Boston, MA. They're passionate about delivering fresh, bake-from-frozen, slow fermented sourdough, fresh pasta and artisan pastries directly to your door.

The quality is exceptional and of course as an Italian/British family we thought we'd show you how we're using the Wildgrain Fettuccine in our New Year Holiday Plans.

Gorgonzola with Fettuccine, Sage and Nutmeg

The best thing about this dish is that it has a handful of ingredients and is super quick to make. However, the taste is so decadent and luxurious your guests won't know how little effort it took to create this showstopper for them! We all need dishes like this over the holidays!

I was given this recipe a few years ago by a colleague of mine with Italian heritage. So now I'm paying it forward!

I know some people are put off by the element of Gorgonzola or blue cheese being included. However, as someone who doesn’t like Gorgonzola myself but could eat bowls of this dish, please do give it a try. The cream dilutes the blue cheese so you just have a richer creamy sauce. Then the nutmeg and sage add a depth of flavor so you don't taste the cheese as much. If you love an Italian-American alfredo sauce this meal is for you.

The best pasta to use with this sauce are ribbons. We're using Wildgrain Fettuccine which cooks in just 8 mins. Ribbons are well suited to the creaminess of the sauce, as the butter sauce coats the pasta and clings to it. Italians do match pasta shapes to the type of sauce. This is to make sure you have the most incredible taste experience when you eat your meals.

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How to make Gorgonzola with Fettuccine, Sage and Nutmeg

Ingredients:

A drizzle of olive oil.
1 clove of fresh garlic (garlic powder can be used).
45g unsalted butter.
150g of gorgonzola dolce, broken into smaller cubes.
150ml single cream, (not heavy cream /double cream, however, you can use half fat creme fraiche to be healthier!).
400g Fresh Wildgrain Fettuccine pasta.
5 sage leaves.
Pinch of grated nutmeg.
Salt and black pepper to taste.
Parmigiano Reggiano (Parmesan cheese).

Method:

Finely chop the garlic and cook gently (on a medium heat) in the olive oil in a deep saucepan.
Once translucent but not brown, add the Gorgonzola, cream and melt butter altogether.
Heat and stir until the cheese has melted and everything has combined.
Add the sage, nutmeg and salt and pepper.
Add the fresh noodles to the salted, boiling hot water. Check the packet for the exact cooking time. All pasta shapes and brands differ. Here we are using Wildgrain Fettucine which is cooked in 8 minutes al dente.
Drain the hot pasta and be sure to add the cooked pasta to the saucepan with the Gorgonzola cream sauce. Slowly combine together the pasta mixture on a low heat until the fettuccine is coated in the creamy sauce.
Serve with a sprig of fresh herbs, we love sage with this dish and drizzle of olive oil.
If you like a sprinkle of Parmesan on your pasta you can add it to serve.

Serves 4.

Such a simple and incredibly delicious pasta dish. No one will believe it took you 15 mins to cook!

Tips:

Fresh Fettuccine works better than dried pasta.
If the sauce is drying out add a little pasta water and stir.
You can add a dash of white wine to the garlic before adding the cream and cheese.
Don't add lemon juice as the cream will curdle.

Tell me more about Wildgrain?

If you'd love to know more about Wildgrain, the company began with Johanna and Ismail, who had the idea of replacing supermarket carbs at home with clean, high quality ingredients to gain all those nutritional benefits.

These are examples of their delicious boxes of goodies (which have rave reviews!) and did I mention they also give you FREE croissants and you can get $10 OFF your first order with code: MAMMAPRADA10

December Bakery Box: the bakery box for each month will include an additional biscuit/roll flavor..

Plain Sourdough Loaf

Walnut Sourdough Loaf

Olive Oil Slow-Fermented Ciabatta

English Muffins

Chocolate Avalanche Croissants

+ free Croissants

January Mixed Box:

Plain Sourdough Loaf

Cranberry Pecan Sourdough Loaf

Spelt Sourdough Loaf

Fettuccine Pasta

Tonnarelli Pasta

Giant Chocolate Chunk Cookies

+ free Croissants

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I hope this has given you plenty of inspiration for a festive dish which you can create this New Year and how a Wildgrain Subscription box can make your life easier. At this time of year it's great to know that from Christmas Day and beyond you have plenty of mouthwatering food to share on these special occasions.

Then you can gather the whole family at the dinner table and after with some holiday movies. Creating less effort for the hosts with maximum enjoyment for all of you.

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