Scotland Food Ideas
Cheese and chicken pasta shells recipe
This recipe is relatively simple to make using fine simple ingredients.
Cheese and chicken pasta shells
Ingredients:
- 25 g (1 oz) margarine (or butter)
- 1 onion, peeled and chopped
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1 x 397g (14 oz) can tomatoes
- 1 x 15 ml spoon (1 tbsp) tomato puree
- 1 x 5 ml spoon (1 tsp) basil, chopped
Filling:
- 125 g (4 oz) ricotta cheese
- 125 g (4 oz) low fat cottage cheese 15 g (1/2oz) Parmesan cheese
- 125 g (4 oz) cooked chicken, diced
- 1 x 15 ml spoon (1 tbsp) parsley, chopped
- 1 x 15m1 spoon (1 tbsp) capers
- Few drops lemon juice
- 12 large pasta shells
Method:
Cook pasta Shells in boiling salted water until `al dente' and drain. Sauce: melt margarine (or butter) and saute onion and garlic until soft. Add remaining ingredients and simmer for 15-20 minutes stirring frequently: Combine filling ingredients and use to fill each pasta shell. Place shells in an ovenproof dish and heat through in pre-heated oven 160°C, 325F, Gas No. 3 for 10-15 minutes. Serve with the tomato sauce.
Approx. 424kcal per portion
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- Servings 4
- Preparation Time 20 mins
- Cooking Time 30 mins