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Chicken, Spinach and Pumpkin Lasagne – TMX version


  • Author: The road to loving my Thermo Mixer
  • Total Time: 120

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

  1. Place flour into bowl.
  2. Mix on speed 5 for 10 seconds to aerate.
  3. Add remaining ingredients.
  4. Knead for 2 minutes.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Allow it to rest for 60 minutes before rolling.

Chicken

  1. Pour all tomato and roasted capsicum sauces into bowl.
  2. Coat chicken in paprika, salt and pepper.
  3. Place into bottom steaming tray.
  4. Place the pumpkin into the top steaming tray.
  5. Steam at steaming temperature/speed 4/20 minutes.

Pasta dough

  1. Once rested, using a pasta machine roll out into 8 thin, long lasagne sheets. you will need to long sheets for each layer.

Chicken

  1. Pour sauce out of tmx and into a bowl. Set aside.
  2. Add steamed chicken to the bowl. It is ok if its not cooked completely as you will be baking it for 45 minutes.
  3. Shred chicken 4 seconds/reverse/speed 4.
  4. Set aside.
  5. Wash bowl out thoroughly.

White sauce

  1. Place everything into bowl.
  2. Cook 10 minutes/90 degrees/speed 4.

Assembly

  1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
  2. Place a little sauce on the bottom of a large rectangle baking dish.
  3. Layer spinach, steamed pumpkin and chicken on the pasta layer.
  4. Top with a little sauce.
  5. Top with two pasta sheets.
  6. Repeat the layers until all the ingredients are used.
  7. Add two of the pasta sheets.
  8. Finish with a pasta layer.
  9. Top with white sauce.
  10. 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