Pasta & mitzithra cheese
4 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | (16oz) box pasta | |
| 4 | teaspoons | Crushed garlic |
| ½ | cup | Olive oil |
| ½ | cup | Freshly grated imported parmesan cheese |
| ½ | cup | Grated Mitzithra cheese, plus more to taste |
| dash | Salt | |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Ground white pepper |
| 2 | tablespoons | Fresh parsley, finely minced |
Directions
Boil pasta until just tender (al dente).
Meanwhile, saute garlic in olive oil five minutes. In a large bowl, stir together garlic mixture, cooked pasta, Parmesan and ½ cup Mitzithra, salt, pepper and parseley. Mix together well.
Top each serving with more Mitzithra cheese, if desired.
Note: Mitzithra, a soft greek cheese can be hard to find, bit is often available at Greek and other ethnic groceries and large supermarkets.
Posted by: Vern Hoffman GOB&G Hangout (314)423-1662 Source: St. Louis Dispatch 7/17/95