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Cheese and bacon Stuffed Pasta Shells (with photo)
« on: July 21, 2010, 08:47:36 pm »
Cheese and Bacon Stuffed Pasta Shells.
Serves 4

150g Conchiglioni Rigati ( large pasta shells)
50g bread torn or cubed roughly
handful parsley(approx 4 tbsp)
1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, cut into ¼’s
2 cloves garlic, peeled
4 rashers smoky bacon, chopped
200g cream cheese
1 tsp chopped fresh rosemary
500g tomato passata
150g ball of buffalo mozzarella cheese.

Cook the pasta in boiling water for 8 minutes. Drain and cool.

In the TM bowl put the parsley and bread and turbo about 4x until finely chopped. Put this aside(I find a dry pastry brush get out most of the crumbs)

Drop the garlic on to running blades speed 8.

Drop the onion on to running blades speed 5.

Scrape down with the spatula.

Add the olive oil and cook 100c/speed spoon reverse/ 3minutes.

Add the bacon and cook 100c/ speed spoon reverse/ 4 minutes

Add the crumbs/parsley, cream cheese and season with black pepper. Mix spoon speed reverse/ 30 seconds, if needed  stop the machine and stir in with the spatula.

Pour the passata into a dish and stir through the rosemary. Divide the mixture between the cooked pasta shell and sit tightly on the sauce(I stuffed 20 cooked pasta shells very generously)

Tear the mozzarella into pieces and scatter over the shells..

Bake @ 200c/180c fan for 30 minutes

I think this could easily be made into a vegetarian dish if chopped mushrooms are used instead of chopped bacon.
I hand chopped the bacon because if chopped in the TM it gets wrapped around the blade.

This is adapted from recipe by Silvana Franco who demonstrated it on the TV programme “This Morning”





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Rubyslippers - We couldn't find the large shells where we went shopping so DH decided that cannelloni would be a good choice. I am NEVER using cannelloni again!  That stuff is evil.  I will either try the roll your own version or find the shells. Three out of four of my family eating this meal enjoyed it.  Thank you CC.

cookie - Rubyslippers, when I make cannelloni recipes I use fresh lasagna sheets and roll them, so much easier.


« Last Edit: August 21, 2014, 09:57:43 am by judydawn »
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Re: Cheese and bacon Stuffed Pasta Shells (with photo)
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2010, 01:12:53 am »
Yum these sound lovely, thanks for sharing.  :D

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Re: Cheese and bacon Stuffed Pasta Shells (with photo)
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2010, 02:01:12 am »
Looks great!  I have never seen those giant pasta shells, I suppose an Italian shop would have them?

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Re: Cheese and bacon Stuffed Pasta Shells (with photo)
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2010, 02:23:17 am »
Thanks for this recipe Cornish Cream.  I do a similar one using spinach, ricotta and cottage cheese - they are lovely for vegetarians and I was wondering whether I could cook the finished dish in the varoma (when I got around to converting it for the forum). 

CarolynJ, haven't seen the big shells in Foodland but Coles or Woolworths may stock them.  I get mine from Farmer Jo's market here in Port Adelaide but I am sure you will find them in any specialty shop.
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Re: Cheese and bacon Stuffed Pasta Shells (with photo)
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2010, 02:40:21 am »
Judy I have the same recipe as you. DH isn't fond of them so  I will give these a try. They look my sort of food.
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Re: Cheese and bacon Stuffed Pasta Shells (with photo)
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2010, 02:57:35 am »
love the way you are converting recipes from different sources CC ;D (and they are always so yummy) will have to give this a go maybe tonight
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Re: Cheese and bacon Stuffed Pasta Shells (with photo)
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2010, 04:45:39 am »
looks delicious! Never seen those big shells before! Will have to keep an eye out!

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Re: Cheese and bacon Stuffed Pasta Shells (with photo)
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2010, 08:15:09 am »
That looks delish!  Will have to try it out one day.

PS - what's passata?

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Re: Cheese and bacon Stuffed Pasta Shells (with photo)
« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2010, 09:20:55 am »
Passata is pureed tomato rubyslippers, you buy it in those tall 700ml jars here in Australia.  MJ has a nice recipe here if you want to make it yourself

http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=2193.0
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Re: Cheese and bacon Stuffed Pasta Shells (with photo)
« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2010, 09:55:00 am »
The spinach,ricotta and cottage sound good Judy.The varoma is a great idea,I'm still amazed what you can do it.Probably would have to brown the top under the grill to fool my DH  :-))
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Re: Cheese and bacon Stuffed Pasta Shells (with photo)
« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2010, 12:14:53 pm »
Thanks Judy  :)

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Re: Cheese and bacon Stuffed Pasta Shells (with photo)
« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2010, 02:38:28 am »
Sprinkle some paprika over them before you cook them. That occasionally fools my DH. ;)
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Re: Cheese and bacon Stuffed Pasta Shells (with photo)
« Reply #12 on: July 23, 2010, 06:27:56 am »
OMG I have to try these. YUM!

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Re: Cheese and bacon Stuffed Pasta Shells (with photo)
« Reply #13 on: July 26, 2010, 05:10:57 am »
Good work CC - they do look superb.  We can get large shells here in Melbourne.  Sometimes even in the supermarkets.  They just take time to fill - need to have the kids (or nonna) helping
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Re: Cheese and bacon Stuffed Pasta Shells (with photo)
« Reply #14 on: August 06, 2010, 12:25:17 pm »
Made these tonight.

We couldn't find the large shells where we went shopping, so DH decided that cannelloni would be a good choice.

I am NEVER using cannelloni again!  That stuff is evil.  I will either try the roll your own version, or find the shells.

Three out of four of my family eating this meal enjoyed it.  Thank you CC.