Sconcigli with vegetables and pine nuts
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Sconcigli is a pasta shape resembling a spiral seashell and this this recipe it is baked after being boiled. -4 depending on appetite and whether you are having an accompaniment.
Ingredients
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- 100g sconcigli
- A little olive oil
- 1 small onion, finely sliced
- 1 stick of celery, sliced
- 1 medium yellow or green pepper
- Garlic to taste, finely diced
- 40 g pine nuts
- 1 tin chopped tomatoes
- 100 g sweetcorn
- 100 g spring greens, shredded
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- Seasoning
- 100g of mixed cheese, eg Parmesan, Grana Padano, Fontina, grated
Mise en place
- Preheat the oven to 200° C (400° F - gas 6)
Method
- Boil the sconcigli for about 12-15 minutes in plenty of salted, boiling water.
- When cooked, drain and run onder a cold tap.
- Meanwhile, heat some olive oil in a pan and add the onion, celery stick and pepper.
- Cook over a medium heat until the vegetable begin to soften.
- Add the garlic and the pine nuts and fry for a further minute or two.
- Stir in the tomatoes, sweetcorn, spring greens and oregano.
- Bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer gently for 5 minutes.
- Season to taste - under rather than over as the cheese will be salty.
- Stir in the pasta and mix well.
- Pour into a greased baking dish and sprinkle the cheese over the top.
- Bake for about 25 minutes.
Variations
Use any combination for vegetables, but keep the onion, garlic and tomatoes.
I like to use vegetable stock to boil pasta for this type of recipe.
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