I am not a big fan of pasta, so when I feel like having some pasta I like it to be a little creative and try to make the most out of it. Here follows one of my recipes that I made recently.
Ingredients:
For 2 persons
- 250g fresh ricotta
- 2 eggs
- 3 tablespoons grated cheese
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
- Salt & Pepper
- 250g Pasta shells
- 1 onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- Olive Oil
- 400ml Tomato sauce
- 1 small Maltese sausage (optional)
- 4 tablespoons milk (optional)
Method:
- Beat the eggs in a bowl, add the ricotta and mix with a fork so the crumble the ricotta.
- Add the grated cheese, parsley, salt and pepper and give a good mix.
- In order to quicken the process of filling the pasta shells, get a new plastic bag and tip in the mixture. Cut out the the corner tip of the plastic bag and use it as a 'pasty bag' unless you already have one. Fill in the pasta shells (I bought lumaconi) and place in a dish. *Note: I did not pre-cook the pasta shells.
- Pour in the dish the milk and set aside. This step can be ignored, the difference is that the milk will help to moisten the shells.
- Chop the onion and garlic and toss in a pan on low heat with a drizzle of olive oil.
- Once onions are translucent, mix in the sausage meat and cook until meat changes colour. Then add the tomato sauce and simmer on low heat for about 10.
- Turn off the heat and pour the tomato sauce over the pasta shells and let it sit for about 1 hour.
- Preheat oven at 200°C, place the dish in the oven and cook for about 30 minutes. Turn off the oven and let it sit for another 30 minutes before plating.
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