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pasta and cream cheese recipe as per request

This is the original recipe:

7 to 8 oz tagliatelle pastsa, cooked and drained

1 cup mascarpone cheese

1 ten oz frozen peas, cooked and drained

2 oz (1/2 cup) prosciutto, finely chopped

1.5 cups (6 oz) shredded mozzarellea cheese

butter

Layer 1/2 of the tagliatelle in buttered 9x9 baking dish. Spoon 1/2 of the mascarpone onto tagliatelle. Sprinkle with 1/2 of the peas and 1/2 of the prosciutto. Top with 1/2 of the mozzarella. Repeat layers. Dot w/butter. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven 20 min or until heated throught. Makes 4-6 servings.

Now tagliatelle looked like fetticuni in the pic and I didn't have any so I just used rainbow rotini!LOL I did a small amt of research on mascarpone and decided that melting a block of cream cheese and blending in maybe 1/4 of half and half would be at least the same texture. If you don't have prosciutto, ham would work too. I can't say what my version tastes like cuz it's still in the oven.;) ANd I forgot to dot w/butter on top.