Cheese & Swiss chard pasta bake

Recipe By:Phillippa Cheifitz

Ingredients

  • 250 g slim penne or short pasta
  • 200 g organic spinach or Swiss chard, coarsely shredded
  • 4 Free-range eggs, beaten
  • 1/2 cup fresh cream
  • 100 g Parmesan cheese
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • basil leaves, to serve
  • olive oil, to drizzle
  • 2 x 200 g ricotta

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Cooking Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  2. Cook the pasta according to the package instructions until al dente. Drain and reserve the water.
  3. Return water to the boil and add the chard. Cook for a few minutes until wilted. Drain well and squeeze out any remaining moisture, then separate the leaves.
  4. Beat together the eggs, cream, ricotta and Parmesan, setting aside 1–2 T for sprinkling.
  5. Season to taste. Mix with the pasta and chard.
  6. Turn into an oiled, deep baking pan (19–20 cm in diameter and 6 cm deep), lined with baking paper. Bake for 30 minutes or until set and browned.
  7. Leave for about 5 minutes, then invert and remove the paper. Invert again onto a serving plate and dust with the remaining Parmesan.
  8. Cut into wedges for serving.


Per serving: 2180.7 kJ, 19.9 g protein, 31 g fat, 37.8 g carbs

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