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Baked pasta shells with basil, ricotta cheese and tomato salsa
Serves: 6
Ingredients
- 350g large pasta shells
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 3 heaped tbsp tomato puree
- 1 tin (400g) chopped tomatoes
- 300ml water
- ½ tsp sugar
- 1 tsp dried oregano
Ricotta filling
- 700g ricotta cheese
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 4 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
- 2 tbsp chopped parsley
- Fresh seasoning
- Handful fresh basil leaves
- Extra grated parmesan cheese for serving
Method
In a pan of boiling water, cook the large pasta shells for just 8 minutes, until almost cooked, but still firm and retaining their shape. Remove from the water and drain. When the shells are cold, carefully place in a large dish until you are ready to use them. Start making the salsa by heating up the olive oil in a pan. Add the garlic and onion and fry for a few minutes to soften. Add the tomato puree, chopped tomatoes, water, sugar, oregano and season to taste. Turn down the heat, and leave to simmer for about 15 minutes. Meanwhile, mix together the ricotta, eggs, 2 tablespoons of the grated parmesan cheese and the chopped parsley in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper, mix again, and place the mixture in a piping bag. You are now ready to put the dish together. Place 1/3 of the tomato salsa in the bottom of a large ovenproof dish. Take the pre-cooked pasta shells, and fill them with the ricotta in the piping bag, one at a time, putting them side-by-side in the dish on top of the salsa. When the shells are all filled, stuff a basil leaf into each pasta shell, covering the ricotta filling. Pour the remaining salsa over the pasta shells and sprinkle with the remaining parmesan cheese. Bake in the oven at 200`c, for about 20 minutes, till the pasta is golden brown. Serve the ricotta filled pasta shells on a large plate, side by side, sprinkled with some more grated parmesan cheese.
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Għaġin bebbuxi l-forn bil-ħabaq, irkotta u zalza tat-tadam
Ingredients
- 350g għaġin bebbuxi kbir
- mgħarfa żejt taż-żebbuġa
- 4 sinniet tewm, imqattgħin irqiq
- basla żgħira, imqattgħa rqiq
- 3 mgħaref imburġati kunserva
- bott (400g) tadam imqatta’
- 300ml ilma; ½ kuċċarina zokkor
- kuċċarina riegnu niexef
- n bebbuxi kbir
- mgħarfa żejt taż-żebbuġa
- 4 sinniet tewm, imqattgħin irqiq
- basla żgħira, imqattgħa rqiq
- 3 mgħaref imburġati kunserva
- bott (400g) tadam imqatta’
- 300ml ilma; ½ kuċċarina zokkor
- kuċċarina riegnu niexef
Għall-mili tal-irkotta
- 700g irkotta
- 2 bajdiet imħabbta
- 4 mgħaref ġobon Parmeġġan maħkuk
- 2 mgħaref tursin imqatta’
- ħwawar friski
- ponn weraq tal-ħabaq frisk
- ġobon Parmeġġan maħkuk sew, biex isservi
Method
Għalli l-għaġin bebbuxi għal madwar 8 minuti sakemm ikun kważi sar u ma jitlifx il-forma tiegħu. Saffih mill-ilma. Meta jiksaħ poġġih bil-galbu f’dixx biex tużah aktar tard. Ibda lesti z-zalza billi ssaħħan iż-żejt f’taġen. Żid it-tewm u l-basla u qallihom għal ftit minuti sakemm jirtabu. Żid il-kunserva, it-tadam imqatta’, l-ilma, iz-zokkor u r-riegnu u ħawwar għat-togħma. Baxxi n-nar u ħalli z-zalza ttektek għal madwar 15-il minuta. Sadattant, aqbad skutella u fiha ħallat flimkien l-irkotta, il-bajd, 2 mgħaref ġobon Parmeġġan maħkuk u t-tursin imqatta’ sakemm tifforma taħlita ratba. Ħawwar bil-bżar u l-melħ u poġġi t-taħlita f’piping bag. Issa tista’ tibda tlesti d-dixx. Poġġi 1/3 taz-zalza tat-tadam fil-qiegħ ta’ dixx kbir tal-forn. Ibda imla l-bebbux bit-taħlita tal-irkotta u poġġihom ħdejn xulxin fid-dixx fuq iz-zalza tat-tadam. Poġġi werqa ħabqa f’kull bebbuxu biex tgħatti l-irkotta. Itfa’ z-zalza li jkun fadal fuq il-bebbux u ferrex il-ġobon Parmeġġan. Sajjar fil-forn f’temperatura ta’ 200oC għal madwar 20 minuta sakemm l-għaġin jiħmar. Servi l-bebbux mimli bl-irkotta fuq platt kbir u itfa’ ftit ġobon Parmeġġan maħkuk fil-wiċċ.
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