Forget Feta — Toss Your Pasta in an Entire Wheel of Brie Instead

That is the yr that tossing your pasta in massive blocks of baked cheese turned cool. And whereas I can’t get behind each iteration that’s been trending, there’s one explicit play on the viral TikTok feta pasta that I’m completely on board with. It employs a complete wheel of Brie instead of a block of feta, and I’m all the time down for a slice of baked Brie. Right here’s what occurred after I gave it a strive.

Get the recipe: Brie Pasta from TODAY

To start out, you bake a wheel of Brie (with the highest rind eliminated) till it’s oozy and melty. Full disclosure: This recipe requires a 35-ounce wheel of Brie and 1 1/2 kilos of pasta. I’ve no enterprise making that a lot meals for simply my roommate and myself, so I halved the recipe.

Whereas the Brie is melting away within the oven, you’ll prepare dinner your noodles and drain them. Toss them with cooked bacon, recent parsley, minced garlic, pepper flakes, and olive oil. Then, when the Brie is out of the oven, you’ll toss your pasta combination within the melty cheese. Plate it up and end all of it off with some freshly grated Parmesan.

Like I stated, I actually like Brie cheese — particularly when it’s heat and melty. If there’s a wheel of it wrapped in puff pastry at a cocktail hour, I’ll fortunately assist myself to a cracker topped with a few of that tacky goodness.

With that stated, this pasta could be higher suited to Brie-lovers (I’m a Brie-liker, you with me?) If you’re not fully infatuated with all issues Brie, this pasta might be not for you. these individuals who raced to make the feta pasta and couldn’t wait to report again that they hated it? Oh, and in addition that they hate feta cheese? I imply, what did they count on?

As you most likely might have guessed, if you toss pasta in a wheel of melted Brie cheese, the ultimate product goes to style very strongly of Brie. I didn’t hate it, however frankly I didn’t love it. Anybody who has tried Brie cheese is aware of it’s earthy, barely nutty, and strongly fragrant. It’s one of many extra divisive cheeses and it’s definitely not for everybody. So, if liking Brie cheese isn’t a significant character trait of yours, I’m undecided you’re going to completely take pleasure in this dish.

My largest grievance with this dish lies in one among Brie’s inevitable tendencies. Apologies for utilizing this horrendous phrase, however after a couple of minutes out of the oven, Brie tends to coagulate, which meant the lifespan of this pasta was short-lived. Within the minutes after tossing the pasta within the melty cheese, the cheese started cooling and solidifying, inflicting the pasta to grab. Between the bacon and the Brie, this shortly turned a brilliant wealthy and unpleasantly oily dish.

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