Ingredients
Scale
- 2 chicken breasts, chopped up
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 100g baby spinach leaves
- 200g diced pumpkin
- 200g grated cheese of choice
Pasta dough
- 300g 00 flour
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil, flavoured olive oils are delicious in homemade pasta
- Pinch of salt
Tomato and Roasted Capsicum Sauce
- 800g diced tomatoes
- 200g roasted capsicum
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled
- 10 basil leaves
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Salt and pepper, to taste
White sauce
- 800g milk
- 80g plain flour
- 80g butter
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
Pasta dough
- Place flour into bowl.
- Mix on speed 5 for 10 seconds to aerate.
- Add remaining ingredients.
- Knead for 2 minutes.
- Small pebble like dough will form. Press a small handful together to see if it comes together. If too dry add a little extra oil and knead to combine.
- Pour out onto a clean bench and knead to form a smooth solid ball. If the dough is sticky dust with some extra flour and knead in. You want a nice soft, smooth dough.
- Allow it to rest for 60 minutes before rolling.
Chicken
- Pour all tomato and roasted capsicum sauces into bowl.
- Coat chicken in paprika, salt and pepper.
- Place into bottom steaming tray.
- Place the pumpkin into the top steaming tray.
- Steam at steaming temperature/speed 4/20 minutes.
Pasta dough
- Once rested, using a pasta machine roll out into 8 thin, long lasagne sheets. you will need to long sheets for each layer.
Chicken
- Pour sauce out of tmx and into a bowl. Set aside.
- Add steamed chicken to the bowl. It is ok if its not cooked completely as you will be baking it for 45 minutes.
- Shred chicken 4 seconds/reverse/speed 4.
- Set aside.
- Wash bowl out thoroughly.
White sauce
- Place everything into bowl.
- Cook 10 minutes/90 degrees/speed 4.
Assembly
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
- Place a little sauce on the bottom of a large rectangle baking dish.
- Layer spinach, steamed pumpkin and chicken on the pasta layer.
- Top with a little sauce.
- Top with two pasta sheets.
- Repeat the layers until all the ingredients are used.
- Add two of the pasta sheets.
- Finish with a pasta layer.
- Top with white sauce.
- Sprinkle cheese over the top and bake for 45-60 minutes until pasta is cooked through and cheese is golden.
- Prep Time: 75
- Cook Time: 45
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8