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Vegetarian
Recipes - Pasta Shells with Herb Cheese Recipe
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Pasta Shells with Herb Cheese
Recipe
Ingredients
Serves 4
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24 large pasta shells
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2 cups/500 g Ricotta cheese
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2 tbsp finely chopped
mixed parsley, marjoram, and thyme
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1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
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salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
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7 oz/200 g Swiss chard or spinach
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1/2 cup/125 g light/single cream
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2 tbsp butter
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1 cup/125 g freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Method:
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Preheat the oven to 400°F/200°C/gas 6.
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Cook the pasta in a large pot of salted, boiling water
until not quite al dente.
Drain well and let dry on a kitchen towel.
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Mix the Ricotta, mixed herbs, and oil in a large bowl.
Season with salt and pepper.
Spoon the mixture into the pasta shells.
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Blanch the Swiss chard in salted boiling water for 1
minute.
Drain and chop finely.
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Cook the chard in a large frying pan with the cream, 1
tablespoon of butter, and a pinch of salt until the
cream begins to bubble.
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Spoon the mixture
into an ovenproof dish. Arrange the filled pasta
shells on top of the greens, dot with the remaining butter, and sprinkle with the Parmesan.
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Bake for 10 minutes, or until the pasta and filling is
beginning to brown.
Serve hot.
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