12 Minute Alfredo Pasta

Ingredients:

• 1 box Penne Pasta or bow tie (farfalle) pasta
• 1 1/2 c cream
• 1 Tbsp. butter
• 1/2 tsp. Garlic powder
• 3 cups parmesan cheese
• 2-3 Tbsp. grated asiago cheese
• 2 oz. softened cream cheese
• salt and pepper

Cook a box of  pasta.   While that is cooking, make this sauce: Combine 1 1/2 cups cream and 1 Tbsp. butter in a sauce pan. Add a dash of salt and some pepper. Heat over low heat until it’s warm and the butter is melted.

Then stir in 3 cups of parmesan cheese from one of the big tubs, and warm until melted. Put the  2 ounces of cream cheese into a small heat-proof container (like a Pyrex measuring cup or other heat-proof bowl).  Add some of the heated cream mixture a little at a time and stir with a fork until the cream cheese is melted, then add this mixture back to the pan with the rest of the mixture.  Then, grate 2 or 3 Tbsp. of asiago cheese and add it.   Allow the sauce to simmer for a bit to cook it down and thicken it a little.  When the sauce has finished cooking, pour it over the drained, cooked pasta.