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Meat Nests with Chicken and Cheese
Baked pasta nests stuffed with ground chicken, onion, and carrot in tomato sauce. The dish is finished with a layer of melted hard cheese or mozzarella.
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Ingredients
- 9 Durum wheat pasta nests (Dry; the author used 9 pieces.)
- 300 g Chicken fillet (You can use ready-made ground chicken; mince the fillet into ground meat.)
- 1 Onion (Sauté separately together with the carrot.)
- 1 Carrot (Sauté separately together with the onion.)
- Spices (To taste.)
- Salt (To taste; add to the ground meat and tomato sauce.)
- Black pepper (To taste; add to the ground meat and tomato sauce.)
- Tomato paste (1 package; exact weight not specified.)
- Water (Amount not specified; dilute the tomato paste with it so the nests are covered two-thirds of the way up.)
- Hard cheese or mozzarella (For sprinkling; amount not specified.)
Steps
- 1
Mince the chicken fillet, unless using ready-made ground chicken.
- 2
Prepare the onion and carrot and sauté them separately in a frying pan until tender. The source does not specify the amount of oil or the exact sautéing time.
- 3
Add the sautéed onion and carrot to the ground chicken. Season with salt, pepper, and spices to taste, then mix.
- 4
Arrange the dry pasta nests in a baking dish.
- 5
Shape the ground meat into balls and place one ball on top of each pasta nest.
- 6
Dilute the tomato paste with water. Season the sauce with salt and pepper to taste.
- 7
Pour the tomato sauce over the nests, filling the dish to approximately two-thirds of their height.
- 8
Cover the dish with foil and place it in an oven preheated to 200 °C for 25–30 minutes.
- 9
Remove the dish from the oven and sprinkle the nests with hard cheese or mozzarella.
- 10
Return the dish to the oven for another 5 minutes, until the cheese melts.
- 11
Remove the cooked nests and serve.
Notes
The source does not specify the exact amounts of tomato paste, water, cheese, spices, salt, or pepper. The amount of oil for sautéing the onion and carrot is also not specified.
Nutrition per serving
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