Mushroom and Gorgonzola Sauce Over Linguine

Using gorgonzola left over from my galette adventure, I made this simple creamy pasta sauce with gorgonzola and regular button mushrooms. Flavor-wise, it was a hit. However, texture-wise, it was a kind of a miss for me... a little gluey for my taste.

Roasted Butternut Squash, Caramelized Onion, Gorgonzola and Sage Galette

I had a couple butternut squashes from the CSA, part of the fall bounty of hearty greens and myriad winter squashes... Having recently remade all of my favorite butternut squash options, so I was looking for something new.Foodgawker pointed me to several blog posts that combined roasted butternut with caramelized onions, crispy pastry, sage, and some stinky cheese. I made a combination of several of these recipes, and came out with this masterpiece... it was perfect with a glass of wine and a green salad! Sweet squash, stinky cheese, flaky pastry, ain't nothin' wrong with that!

Crostini with Mushooms, Prosciutto, and Gorgonzola

These crostini with mushrooms, prosciutto and Gorgonzola are a rich and filling appetizer... nothing special to look at, as you can see from the photo, but delicious nonetheless. Good as a starter at a fancier dinner party, for sure.

Butternut, Rosemary, Spinach and Gorgonzola Risotto

Oh my god, this risotto recipe is awesome! I would highly recommend it, as would Chuck, Tim and Tony. But Tony would recommend the recipe more if you call it "butternut, rosemary, spinach and 'whoregonzola' risotto."

I did switch it up a teensy bit from the recipe: I added some garlic in with the onion, skipped the cream (risotto is creamy enough), used frozen spinach (nuked a little and squeezed out), and added a little more than the requisite gorgonzola.

We served it with this crispy baked chicken recipe with garlic and rosemary... also pretty awesome. Panko is one of my favorite ingredients...

Beef Strogan-zola

We made this Emeril recipe for "Beefy Mushroom Gorgonzola Sauce." It was a cross between a Stroganoff and a creamy Gorgonzola sauce. Probably not very good for us, but damn delicious, and used up lots of things we had lying around: one last sprig of rosemary, a pound of CSA mushrooms, some gorgonzola cheese, the rest of the cream and beef stock...