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Heading: Pasta
Cuisine: Italian
Food Type: Vegetarian
No of Portions: 4
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Ingredients & Prep
350 g
Giant pasta shells
2 tbsp
Olive oil
4 Garlic cloves, crushed
1 Red chilli finely chopped
400 g
Spinach chopped
250 g
Ricotta cheese
1 Lemon zest only
60 g
Parmesan finely grated
1/2 tsp
Salt
1 tsp
Black pepper ground
Sauce
400 ml
Tomato passata
1 tsp
Salt
1 tsp
Black pepper ground
1 tsp
Cater sugar
Method
Step 1
Cook the pasta shells salted water as per instructions, but drain when they are still a little al dente as they will cook more in the oven.
Step 2
Heat the olive oil in a pan & gently cook the garlic & chilli for a few minutes, then stir in the spinach & cook until wilted, then stir in the ricotta & lemon zest, then salt n pepper mix well, set aside.
Step 3
Mix all tomato sauce ingredients together in a bowl the pour into a baking dish shake to even out, use a teaspoon to pack each shell with the spinach & ricotta mixture, then put on top of the sauce, making sure the shells are evenly spaced apart, dot any left-over mixture on top.
Step 4
Sprinkle over Parmesan & bake for 20-25 minutes or until bubbling & golden in a pre heated oven at 190'c.
Suggestion & Tips
You could add some herbs to the tomato sauce.