Vegetarian Recipes - Pasta Shells with Herb Cheese Recipe

  
 

Pasta Shells with Herb Cheese Recipe

 

Ingredients

 

Serves 4

  • 24 large pasta shells

  • 2 cups/500 g Ricotta cheese

  • 2 tbsp finely chopped mixed parsley, marjoram, and thyme

  • 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

  • salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

  • 7 oz/200 g Swiss chard or spinach

  • 1/2 cup/125 g light/single cream

  • 2 tbsp butter

  • 1 cup/125 g freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Method:

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F/200°C/gas 6.

  2. 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.

  3. Mix the Ricotta, mixed herbs, and oil in a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon the mixture into the pasta shells.

  4. Blanch the Swiss chard in salted boiling water for 1 minute.  Drain and chop finely.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. Bake for 10 minutes, or until the pasta and filling is beginning to brown. Serve hot.