{"id":12913,"date":"2023-02-02T11:23:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T10:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=12913"},"modified":"2023-02-02T11:23:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T10:23:53","slug":"blue-cheese-pasta-v-fruit-nut-squares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=12913","title":{"rendered":"Blue Cheese Pasta (V) &#038; Fruit &#038; Nut Squares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9079\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=9079\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/greedy02.jpg?fit=777%2C153\" data-orig-size=\"777,153\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"greedy02\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/greedy02.jpg?fit=300%2C59\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/greedy02.jpg?fit=777%2C153\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9079\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/greedy02.jpg?resize=500%2C98\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/greedy02.jpg?resize=300%2C59 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/greedy02.jpg?resize=768%2C151 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/greedy02.jpg?w=777 777w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Blue Cheese Pasta (V)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">400g penne pasta<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">25g butter<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1 onion, thinly sliced<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">2 garlic cloves, crushed<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1 tbsp fresh chopped sage, or 1 tsp dried<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">100g stilton cubed<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">handful of walnuts, chopped<\/p>\n<p>Boil the pasta according to pack instructions. In a saucepan, melt the butter, then gently fry the onion until golden. Add the garlic and sage, fry for a further 2 mins, then remove the pan from the heat. Drain the pasta and reserve some cooking water. Stir through the onion, garlic, stilton and 2 tbsp cooking water, then sprinkle with toasted walnuts and serve.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Fruit &amp; Nut Squares with Chocolate Dip<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">200g porridge oats<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">25g desiccated coconut<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">140g butter<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">50g light muscovado sugar<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">5 tbsp golden syrup<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">175g mixed nuts, pistachio, unsalted cashews, chunkily chopped<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">50g dried cranberries or cherries<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">100g bar milk or dark chocolate<\/p>\n<p>Heat the oven to 180C fan. Butter an 18 x 28 cm cake tin and line base with baking parchment. Mix the oats and coconut together in a large bowl. Melt the butter in a pan over a med heat with the sugar and syrup. Give it an occasional stir until the sugar has dissolved and the butter has melted. Take the<\/p>\n<p>pan off the heat and stir in the oat mix, nuts and dried fruit. Leave to get cold. Cut or break two thirds of the chocolate into chunks and stir into the oat mix. Tip and spread the mixture into the tin. Bake for 25 &#8211; 30 mins until pale and golden. When completely cold, melt the remaining chocolate, drizzle over the top and cut into bars<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Cheese Pasta (V) 400g penne pasta 25g butter 1 onion, thinly sliced 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1 tbsp fresh chopped sage, or 1 tsp dried 100g stilton cubed handful of walnuts, chopped Boil the pasta according to pack instructions. In a saucepan, melt the butter, then gently fry the onion until golden. Add the garlic and sage, fry for [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[129],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6cWjO-3mh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6276,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=6276","url_meta":{"origin":12913,"position":0},"title":"Pasta Shells with Tuna and Pears","author":"Alan Williams","date":"30th July 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Pasta Shells with Tuna and Pears 350g pasta shells 50g butter 125g frozen peas med onion chopped 2 egg yolks, beaten 300ml double cream 226g can tuna in oil, flake larger pieces salt and fresh black pepper 2 tsp fresh thyme fresh mixed herbs to garnish Cook pasta as per\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mr Greedy's Kitchen&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mr Greedy's Kitchen","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?cat=129"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12755,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=12755","url_meta":{"origin":12913,"position":1},"title":"Ham Mac &#038; Cheese \/ Spiced Turkey Noodles","author":"Alan Williams","date":"5th January 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Ham Mac & Cheese 300g dried macaroni 40g butter 40g plain flour 500ml whole milk 2 med leeks thinly sliced 1\/2 tsp mustard powder 250g mixed cheeses [blue cheese, good cheddar, Caerphilly] 1\/2 tsp grated nutmeg 150g ham, cut into smallish pieces 100g mozzarella, chopped 75g breadcrumbs 25g grated Parmesan\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mr Greedy's Kitchen&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mr Greedy's Kitchen","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?cat=129"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15380,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=15380","url_meta":{"origin":12913,"position":2},"title":"Lamb Pasta Melt &#038; Mini Egg Cheesecake","author":"Alan Williams","date":"9th April 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Celebrate Easter with lamb in a different but very easy way\u2026\u2026. 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