Chicken & Goat Cheese Pasta

This Chicken & Goat Cheese Pasta with fresh rosemary is flavorful, filling, and so easy to make. With just a few simple ingredients, a delicious dinner is ready in no time.

I love rosemary. I love its resiny aroma, it's subtle colors, its hearty leaves. Known as the herb of fond remembrance, rosemary brings wisdom and protection. It's also a powerhouse in the witchcraft world, as it can be used as a substitute for any herb in a spell. All this is why it's featured in my logo. No witch should ever be without it. (Except that you can totally do whatever you want)

I also just love it as a home cook. Fresh or dried, it brings an earthy flavor to everything it touches. You can strip the needles from the stem, chop them roughly, and add them directly to recipes, or leave the herb whole and simply steep it in your broth or cooking liquid to permeate your dish with its heavenly scent. Personally, I think rosemary elevates every dish it touches.

What makes Chicken & Goat Cheese Pasta so awesome?

This pasta is extra awesome because of the addition of chopped fresh rosemary. Other than that, it's just cooked chicken, cream, and melted goat cheese stirred together with al dente rigatoni. It's a super simple recipe, but that's part of its charm. It's not overly complicated or fussy, and it allows the simple, earthy flavors of rosemary and goat cheese to really shine through.

This recipe is cream-based, so it's not the best leftover. Luckily, it can easily be modified to serve anywhere from 2 to 8 people. If you're having a few people over for dinner, and you want to make them something they'll love without doing a lot of work, Chicken & Goat Cheese Pasta is for sure the way to go. Served with a cold glass of crisp white wine, this recipe is a winner in any season.

Magical Properties of Rosemary

As mentioned, rosemary is an all-purpose magical herb. With its amplification properties, it can be used to increase the power of any intention. Rosemary is tied to the Sun and carries fire energy. It's also associated with the sign of Aries and the third eye and crown chakras. Rosemary carries the energy of memory, wisdom, healing, and protection, amongst others. (Source: Practical Magic for Beginners by Maggie Haseman)

For more on the magical properties of the ingredients in this recipe, check the Kitchen Magick page.

Ingredients

Here's everything you'll need to make this dish. All the details are in the recipe card below.

• Rigatoni - or similar tube-shaped pasta
• Cream - heavy or double cream
• Rosemary - fresh
• Garlic - also fresh
• Goat cheese
• Chicken - pre-cooked
• Salt and pepper

Tips for making Chicken & Goat Cheese Pasta

As I mentioned before, this recipe is not great when reheated, so before you get started, consider how many people you want to feed, and adjust quantities accordingly. This recipe is really very simple. Start by cooking your pasta according to the packet instructions. Make sure your water is well salted.

For the sauce, you'll add the cream to a saucepan along with the chopped fresh rosemary and the garlic. If you want a mild garlic flavor, just crack the clove with the flat side of your knife and drop it in whole, then scoop it out later. If you want the garlic flavor to be more prominent, you can chop the garlic before adding it. Let the cream come to a gentle simmer, and let it bubble away for about five minutes to thicken a bit. It will be infused with rosemary and garlic. Then add the goat cheese and stir until it's melted and smooth. That's it.

Bring it all together in one big pot by adding the chicken and the drained pasta to the sauce. Stir it all together, taste for seasoning, and adjust as needed. That's it. Super simple.

This Chicken & Goat Cheese Pasta is simple, elegant, and so delicious. Bring some magick to the table with this tasty dish.

Looking for more awesome pasta dishes? Try this Orzo with Bacon & Peas or some Sun-Dried Tomato Chicken Pasta.

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