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Prep time
30 minutes
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Cook time
30 minutes
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Serves
4
Author Notes
Paccheri are a traditional Italian type of pasta, the shape is perfect to be filled. the sweet taste of the chards combines well with ricotta cheese —mad&delicacy
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Ingredients
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300 grams
paccheri pasta
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500 grams
chard
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250 grams
ricotta
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100 grams
grated parmesan
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500 milliliters
besciamel or light cream
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salt, ground fresh pepper, grated nutmeg to taste
Directions
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bring a large pot of salted water to a boil; add the chard and cook for about 5 minutes. Drain the chard into a colander, and, when cool, squeeze it very well.
Put the chard in a bowl and cut in small pieces. Add the ricotta, salt, nutmeg, pepper, parmesan (50 gr) and the egg. Mix well and set aside.
Bring another pot of salted water to a boil. When it is boiling add the paccheri and cook, stirring occasionally. Check on the pasta box the cooking time and drain the pasta 5 minutes earlier than the right time (the paccheri will finish to cook in the oven). Rinse with cold water.
Coat the bottom of a baking dish with 2 tbsp of the besciamella or light cream. Spoon the filling into the paccheri tubes using a teaspoon and lay, side by side, on the baking dish. Coat the bottom of a baking dish with 2 tbsp of the besciamella or light cream. Spoon the filling into the paccheri tubes using a teaspoon and lay, side by side, on the baking dish.
Then pour on the besciamella or cream, sprinkle with Parmesan (the last half).
Pre-heat oven to 240 °C and cook for 20 mins until pasta topping is golden.
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