If you follow my Facebook page, you may have seen that my recipe for Wild Mushroom Truffled Pizza Topped with a Runny Egg won a recipe contest hosted by Cooking Planit and sponsored by Formaggio Cheese! Not only is my recipe now available through Cooking Planit, but I also won some snazzy prizes, including an amazing assortment of Formaggio products. My fridge is now happily filled with cheese, so I will be posting a few cheesy recipes over the coming weeks.
One of the first products I noticed in the basket was Smoked Mozzarella. I’ve had smoked mozzarella in the past and found the flavor to be a bit… overwhelming… so I was interested to see if I could get it to work well in a recipe instead of becoming the only flavor you can taste. But Formaggio’s smoked mozzarella was a pleasant surprise! The smoky flavor is present without being overpowering and works to enhance other flavors instead of covering them up.
I found this recipe for Pasta Rustica with Smoked Mozzarella on Bon Appetit and altered the amounts of the ingredients to fit my taste.
Ingredients:
- 16 oz package frozen cheese tortellini
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 medium onion, sliced
- 12 oz cherry tomatoes, halved
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 cup dry vermouth
- 1 cup chopped fresh Italian parsley
- 1 cup thinly sliced fresh basil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 8 oz smoked mozzarella, cut into small cubes