Four Cheese Spinach Macaroni

Submitted by Sherrybeth

"Made with penne pasta--man this is good."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1 (12 ounce) package penne pasta
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 garlic cloves, pressed
• 2 cups milk
• 1 cup parmesan cheese, shredded and divided
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temp
• 1 (8 ounce) package mascarpone cheese
• 1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and well drained
• 1 cup soft breadcrumbs
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted

directions

1. Cook pasta according to package directions and drain well.
2. In a dutch oven, melt the first 2 tablespoons of butter, add garlic and sauté for 2 minutes.
3. Add milk and cook until thoroughly heated.
4. Gradually stir in 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, the cream cheese, the mascarpone, mozzarella, salt and pepper and whisk until smooth.
5. Stir in the spinach and cooked pasta and blend well.
6. Place this mixture in a lightly greased 13x9x2-inch baking dish.
7. In a small bowl, combine the breadcrumbs, remaining parmesan and butter and mix well.
8. Sprinkle the breadcrumb mixture over the macaroni mixture and bake, uncovered, for 20 minutes at 375°F.

Reviews

[Zoso43]

I really liked it. I did find out that my significant other dosn't really care for spinich. Could use a little bit more salt. Very creamy! Yum. Can't wait to eat leftovers.

 

[jale96]

Great with a chopped artichokes!

 

[patti k.]

Delightful! Actually, mine ended up being an 8-cheese dish because I added a handful of Mexican 4-cheese blend to the mix. I also had lots of leftover ham from Easter and threw some in as well. Loved the crunchy parmesan breadcrumbs on top. Thanks for posting!

 

[Vicki in AZ]

This is excellent. I used fontina (a cup and a half) instead of the cream cheese since I didn't have cream cheese. It is a lovely dish with or without the spinach.

 

[Sally]

This was really really good. I used fresh spinach wilting it a little butter (about four cups). Did not have mascarpone cheese so used another instead. cut a little of the calories skipping the breadcrumbs but bet it would have been awesome with them. Otherwise I followed the recipe. Was great re-heating it the next day as well. Will make again. Easy, perfect blend, forgiving (measurements need not be exact), a keeper. Thanks Sherrybeth!