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Stuffed pasta shells with Bolognese and pecorino cheese

Serves: 4

Ingredients

For the filling

  • 300g ricotta
  • 1 egg
  • Salt and pepper
  • Chopped parsley

For the sauce

  • 1 tbsp olive oil (Filipo Berrio)
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 300g beef mince
  • Salt and pepper
  • Splash red wine
  • 1 tbsp tomato puree
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp mixed herbs
  • 1 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes

You will also need

  • 400g large pasta shells (Di Martino)
  • 4 tbsp grated pecorino cheese
  • Rocket leaves

Method

Start this recipe by half cooking the pasta shells in salted boiling water then put aside. Next, prepare the sauce by frying together the oil with the chopped onion and garlic till soft. Add in the beef mince and brown. Next splash in the wine to evaporate, then mix in the tomato puree, sugar, herbs and season with salt and pepper. Cook for a minute before adding in the chopped tomatoes. Add in ¼ glass of water, lower the heat and cook for 10 minutes. Meanwhile fill the pasta shells. Mix together the filling ingredients then pipe into the half cooked shells and place into an oven proof oven dish. Spoon over the sauce then sprinkle over 2 tbsp grated pecorino cheese. Place into the oven at 200`c and cook for 20 minutes. Serve on large plates sprinkled with the remaining pecorino cheese and rocket leaves on top.
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Bebbux tal-għaġin biz-zalza Bolognese u l-ġobon pecorino

Ingredients

Għall-mili
  • 300g irkotta
  • 1 bajda
  • Bżar u melħ
  • Tursin imqatta’
Għaz-zalza
  • 1 mgħarfa żejt taż-żebbuġa (Filipo Berrio)
  • 1 basla żgħira mqattgħa
  • 2 sinniet tewm imqattgħin
  • 300g kapuljat taċ-ċanga
  • Bżar u melħ
  • Ftit inbid aħmar
  • 1 mgħarfa tadam magħsur
  • 1 kuċċarina zokkor
  • 1 kuċċarina ħwawar imħallta
  • 1 bott (400g) tadam imqatta’
Għandek bżonn ukoll
  • 400g bebbux kbir tal-għaġin (Di Martino)
  • 4 mgħaref ġobon pecorino maħkuk
  • Weraq tal-aruka

Method

Ibda r-riċetta billi tgħalli nofs sajran l-għaġin fil-misħun bil-melħ, imbagħad warrbu f’ġenb. Lesti z-zalza billi tqalli l-basal u t-tewm fiż-żejt sakemm jirtabu. Żid il-kapuljat taċ-ċanga u qallih sakemm jiħmar. Imbagħad itfa’ ftit inbid biex jevapora, u wara żid it-tadam magħsur, iz-zokkor, il-ħwawar u ftit bżar u melħ. Sajjar għal minuta, imbagħad itfa’ t-tadam imqatta’. Żid ¼ ta’ tazza ilma, baxxi n-nar u ħalliha ttektek għal 10 minuti. Sadattant imla l-bebbux. Ħallat flimkien l-ingredjenti tal-mili u imla b’din it-taħlita. Qiegħed kollox f’dixx tal-forn. Fil-wiċċ ferrex iz-zalza u 2 mgħaref ġobon pecorino maħkuk. Daħħal id-dixx fil-forn f’temperatura ta’ 200oC għal 20 minuta. Servi fi platti kbar u ferrex il-kumplament tal-ġobon fil-wiċċ. Żejjen bil-weraq tal-aruka.

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