Hot Asiago Cheese Sauce

[McSix]

I want to make the Chicken and Pasta Bake with Basil recipe I found here, but it calls for 2 cups hot Asiago Cheese Sauce. I'm new at this and don't know how to make this sauce. I'd appreciate any help with this. Thank you!

[Ohioan]

McSix - Welcome! And don't feel bad about not being able to find the Asiago Cheese Sauce. I just went looking for it and couldn't find it myself. Usually they post the accompanying sauces as a separate recipe, but they seem to have forgotten about this one. All I could find was a Cheddar Cheese Sauce, which probably went with another recipe.

Meanwhile --- Hey, everyone, does anyone have the full recipe on this for McSix?

Cheers,
Phoebe

[Zinnia]

Hi McSix,
I just went searching too & all I could find was a recipe from these guys. I hope this helps-there wasn't any nutritional/portion info. Here it is-& it's just the cheese sauce recipe. Good luck, http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif Zinnia

From "The Carter House Cookbook"-Eureka, CA

*Poached Eggs w/ Asiago Cheese Sauce
(just the sauce recipe)

Asiago Cheese Sauce
2 T. unsalted butter
2 T. all-purpose flour
1/2 c. chicken broth
1/2 c. heavy cream
1/2 c. grated Asiago cheese

In a small saucepan melt the butter. Blend in flour. Stir over med/hi heat for 1 minute.
Whisk in the chicken broth & heavy cream. Cook, whisking constantly, until thickened &
bubbly. Remove from heat & whisk in cheese until melted.

[clairea]

Here is the Asiago Cheese Sauce recipe that is used in the Chicken and Pasta Bake:

1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups 1% milk
1 cup (4 ounces) grated Asiago cheese

Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Place flour in a medium, heavy saucepan; gradually add milk, stirring with a whisk until blended. Place over medium heat; cook until thick (about 8 minutes. Remove from heat; add cheese, stirring well until melted.

Yield 2 cups (serving size 1/2 cup)

I made the Chicken and Pasta bake, and thought it was good, but my husband found it a little bland, so you may want to spice it up depending on your tastes. Also, I used fat-free milk in the cheese sauce with no problem.

This recipe was actually included in a feature on making cheese sauces. To make different kinds of cheese sauces, you use the same basic recipe, but substitute cheese as follows:
Cheddar -- use 1 1/4 cups shredded
Swiss -- use 1 cup shredded
Gruyere -- used 3/4 cup shredded Gruyere and 1/3 cup finely grated parmesan
Smoked Gouda -- use 3/4 cup shredded

Hope this helps.

Phoebe, I don't have mastercook, so will wait a while to see if anyone else posts the full recipe before I type it all in. I'll check back later to see if it has been posted.

[This message has been edited by clairea (edited 01-25-2001).]

[sneezles]

clairea
Could you post which issue these recipes are in? TIA

[clairea]

They are in the March, 1999 issue, in a feature called "Five Easy Cheeses."

[sneezles]

Thanks

[McSix]

Many, many thanks for all of you. I'll try the recipe and spice it up a bit!

[clairea]

Phoebe,

Here is the complete recipe for the Chicken and Pasta Bake with Basil that uses the Asiago Cheese Sauce. Sorry it took me so long to post this -- with both kids sick and DH out of town (you can imagine what the "D" stands for right now http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif ) I haven't had a chance to get back to the computer.

Chicken and Pasta Bake with Basil

3 cups broccoli florets
4 cups hot cooked penne (about 8 oz uncooked)
3 cups chopped ready-to-eat roasted, skinned boned chicken breasts (about 3 breasts)
2 cups hot Asiago Cheese Sauce
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 garlic cloves, minced
Cooking spray

Preheat oven to 350. Steam brocolli, covered, 4 minutes. Drain. Combine broccoli, penne, and next 6 ingredients. Spoon into an 11 x 7 inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until bubbly.

Yield 6 servings.

Calories 332 (21% from fat); Fat 7.9g (sat 4g, mono 2.2g, poly 0.8g), Protein 24.9g; Carb 39.5g, Fiber 2.5g; Chol 40mg; Iron 2.6 mg; Sodium 478mg; Calc 362mg

Enjoy!

[MrsReber]

Oooh, this sounds good. I took out some chicken this morning for dinner and didn't know what to do with it. Seems I have all the right ingredients at home, too. Thanks for posting Clairea!

[Lchiles]

I made this recipe back in October this year for football food. It was phenomenal. Wouldn't have it again for munchie food though, I think it fits perfectly with a good glass of wine and a side salad. Yummy!! Try it; you won't be disappointed. LaurieC

[McSix]

Thanks to all of you for your replies to my original recipe. I made the casserole and we loved it!

[rinsav]

I'm new at cooking too. Thanks for posting the cheese sauce recipe because I had a similar experience searching for it and coming up empty handed. One of you recommended spicing it up. I'm not really sure how to do that. Any help would be appreciated. (see, I told you I was new at this!)

Thanks!