A combination of herbs, ricotta and nutmeg, packed in a tender shell served alongside a velvety eggy sauce that just melts in the mouth. The Italian essence of simplicity. It’s one of the most refined pasta recipes we made at home so far.
Servings
2
servingsPrep time
30
minutesCooking time
20
minutesIngredients
- Pasta
10 conchiglioni
100g ricotta
20g egg whites
5g cornstarch
50g baby spinach
30g watercress
50g Ossau Iraty, grated
Salt, black pepper
Nutmeg, grated
- Sabayon
60g potatoes, peeled and cut in small cubes
80g double cream
2 egg yolks
2 eggs
40g Ossau Iraty, grated
Directions
- Pasta
- In a large stockpot, bring to boil a generous amount of water with salt.
- Add the pasta and cook it for half of the time indicated by the manufacturer.
- Immediately remove the pasta from the stockpot and submerge it in very cold water to stop the cooking.
- Filling and stuffing
- Reserve the hot pasta water to blanch the greens for 40 sec.
- Fish out the greens, blend them into a paste and let them cool down.
- In a medium bowl, combine the ricotta, egg whites, cornstarch and cheese.
- Add the blanched greens and season with salt, black pepper and nutmeg to taste.
- Stuff each conchiglione with our green paste, but don’t overdo it since the paste might ooze out during the cooking.
- Steam the pasta for 8min (the steaming time may vary depending on the type of pasta you use).
- Sabayon
- In a small saucepan, place the potatoes and the cream.
- Set it over a medium heat and cook until the potatoes are very soft.
- Blend the mixture until it’s completely smooth.
- In a medium bowl, combine the eggs with yolks.
- Slowly pour in a small amount of the potato cream while whisking vigorously.
- Add the rest of the potato cream and set the bowl on a Bain Marie over a medium heat.
- Whisk vigorously until the eggs are cooked. The mixture should reach 70C.
- Then stir in the grated cheese until homogeneous.
- Assembly
- Pour some of the sabayon in a warm serving bowl, place 5 conchiglioni and decorate with watercress or pea shoots.
Notes
- For sabayon, we recommend using a waxy potatoes, they will make the texture creamier and smoother.