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Prep 30 minCook 40 minServes 4
Ingredients
Why metric?
Metric avoids regional spoon ambiguity. US uses 5 mL tsp, 15 mL tbsp and 240 mL cup. Small masses stay in grams unless a verified recipe conversion exists. More on measurements
260 g large pasta shells (dry)
200 g baby spinach
500 g ricotta (2 tubs)
1 egg (51 g, shelled)
60 g parmesan, finely grated
40 ml extra-virgin olive oil (36 g)
2 garlic cloves, chopped (10 g)
500 g canned no-added-salt tomatoes
16 g fresh basil leaves, torn
125 g mozzarella (1 ball), torn
1 g iodised table salt
Ground black pepper, to taste
Method
Boil the shells for 2 minutes longer than the packet time, until fully soft. They bake again later, and a shell that is still firm now never softens back. Drain and spread them out so they do not stick.
Wilt the spinach in a dry pan, cool it under cold water, squeeze it hard and chop it finely.
Mix the spinach with the ricotta, egg, half the parmesan, the salt and plenty of pepper.
Warm the oil with the garlic in a wide pan for 30 seconds, add the tomatoes, crushing them, and simmer 12 minutes until thick. Stir in the basil.
Spoon two-thirds of the sauce into a baking dish. Fill the shells with a teaspoon and sit them in the sauce, then spoon the rest over the top so no pasta is left dry and exposed.
Scatter with mozzarella and the remaining parmesan, cover with foil and bake at 200C/400F for 20 minutes, then uncover for 5 minutes only. Do not grill it brown; a baked crust is the hardest part of the dish to bite through.
Rest 5 minutes before serving so the filling sets enough to lift cleanly.
Safety and storage
Keeps
2 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 60°C
Cooked rice and pasta keep two days rather than three, so this dish takes the shorter time. Cool and cover within two hours, split large amounts into shallow containers, and reheat until steaming hot, at least 60°C.
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Reduce the chopping step before changing knife technique
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Trade-offs
Splitting a load can add trips, pours or cleanup, so it is useful only when the complete sequence is easier to control.
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Trade-offs
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Changing liquid ratios without recipe development can affect doneness and food safety.
This method contains a recorded hot-liquid transfer, so route, load and landing position matter more than simply shortening the written step.
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Trade-offs
Extra pours can create additional spill opportunities even when each container is lighter.
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The recorded method has more than light cleanup, which can matter as much as active preparation when the meal is finished.
Consider: Stage safe cleanup steps where they do not compete with heat or attention, and compare one-vessel methods only when the resulting vessel does not become too heavy or awkward.
Trade-offs
Cleaning during cooking is not useful if it creates divided-attention risk around heat.
One large vessel can be harder to move and wash than two smaller ones.
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Baked Ricotta & Spinach Pasta Shells
Serves 4 · Prep 30 min · Cook 40 min
Large pasta shells filled with ricotta and spinach and baked under tomato sauce and mozzarella until the pasta gives to the side of a fork.
Ingredients
260 g large pasta shells (dry)
200 g baby spinach
500 g ricotta (2 tubs)
1 egg (51 g, shelled)
60 g parmesan, finely grated
40 ml extra-virgin olive oil (36 g)
2 garlic cloves, chopped (10 g)
500 g canned no-added-salt tomatoes
16 g fresh basil leaves, torn
125 g mozzarella (1 ball), torn
1 g iodised table salt
Ground black pepper, to taste
Approximate per serving
2906 kJ / 694.6 kcal · protein 37.4 g · carbohydrate 52 g · fibre 5.1 g · fat 35.8 g · sodium 699.5 mg
Method
Boil the shells for 2 minutes longer than the packet time, until fully soft. They bake again later, and a shell that is still firm now never softens back. Drain and spread them out so they do not stick.
Wilt the spinach in a dry pan, cool it under cold water, squeeze it hard and chop it finely.
Mix the spinach with the ricotta, egg, half the parmesan, the salt and plenty of pepper.
Warm the oil with the garlic in a wide pan for 30 seconds, add the tomatoes, crushing them, and simmer 12 minutes until thick. Stir in the basil.
Spoon two-thirds of the sauce into a baking dish. Fill the shells with a teaspoon and sit them in the sauce, then spoon the rest over the top so no pasta is left dry and exposed.
Scatter with mozzarella and the remaining parmesan, cover with foil and bake at 200C/400F for 20 minutes, then uncover for 5 minutes only. Do not grill it brown; a baked crust is the hardest part of the dish to bite through.
Rest 5 minutes before serving so the filling sets enough to lift cleanly.
Safety and storage
Keeps
2 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 60°C
Cooked rice and pasta keep two days rather than three, so this dish takes the shorter time. Cool and cover within two hours, split large amounts into shallow containers, and reheat until steaming hot, at least 60°C.
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