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🍝 Chicken Pasta Pockets with Tomato Sauce
529 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 200 g wheat wholemeal flour
- 200 g flour (Type 405 + flour for working)
- 5 eggs
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- salt
- 30 g pine nuts
- 400 g chicken breast fillet
- 0.5 organic orange
- 20 g parmesan (1 piece)
- 75 g ricotta
- pepper
- 1 egg white
- semolina (for working)
- 350 g ripe tomatoes
- 20 g ginger (1 piece)
- 3 small onions
- 2 garlic cloves
- basil (to taste)
Instructions
- 1. Add both types of flour to a large bowl.
- 2. Add 4 eggs, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, a large pinch of salt, and 3 to 4 tablespoons of water.
- 3. Knead the mixture with the dough hooks of a hand mixer until you have a smooth, firm dough.
- 4. If the dough seems too dry, knead in a little more water.
- 5. Sprinkle some flour on your work surface.
- 6. Place the dough on the surface and knead it vigorously for 5 minutes with lightly floured hands.
- 7. Wrap the dough in cling film.
- 8. Let the dough rest in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- 9. Toast the pine nuts in a non-stick pan without fat until light brown.
- 10. Let the pine nuts cool on a plate.
- 11. Roughly chop the cooled pine nuts with a large knife.
- 12. Rinse the chicken breast fillet and pat it dry.
- 13. Finely chop the meat with a large knife.
- 14. Alternatively, you can pass the meat through the medium disc of a meat grinder.
- 15. Rinse the orange with hot water and dry it.
- 16. Finely grate the orange zest.
- 17. Finely grate the Parmesan as well.
- 18. Add the orange zest, pine nuts, chicken fillet, ricotta, and 1 egg to a bowl.
- 19. Season the mixture generously with salt and pepper.
- 20. Mix all ingredients well.
- 21. Take the dough out of the foil.
- 22. Cut the dough into 4 equal parts.
- 23. Roll one part into thin dough sheets using a pasta machine.
- 24. Dust the dough with a little flour in between to prevent sticking.
- 25. Lay the dough sheets out on a lightly floured work surface.
- 26. Cover the dough sheets with cling film.
- 27. Separate the remaining egg and whisk the egg white in a small bowl.
- 28. Use the egg yolk for something else.
- 29. Distribute the chicken-ricotta mixture with a spoon onto half of the dough sheets.
- 30. Make sure the portions are not too large.
- 31. Keep a distance of 3 to 4 centimeters between the portions.
- 32. Brush the spaces between the portions thinly with the whisked egg white.
- 33. Place the remaining dough sheets precisely on top.
- 34. Gently press the dough flat over the fillings.
- 35. Carefully press the dough between the fillings and at the edge using the sides of your hands.
- 36. Ensure that as little air as possible remains in the pasta pockets.
- 37. Cut square pasta pockets from the dough sheets.
- 38. Use a pizza cutter or a sharp knife for this.
- 39. Dust a baking tray with semolina.
- 40. Place the pasta pockets on the tray.
- 41. Chill the pasta pockets.
- 42. Cut out the stem areas of the tomatoes in a wedge shape.
- 43. Dip the tomatoes briefly into boiling water.
- 44. Shock the tomatoes with cold water.
- 45. Peel the skin off the tomatoes.
- 46. Quarter the tomatoes.
- 47. Core the tomatoes.
- 48. Dice the tomatoes finely.
- 49. Peel the ginger.
- 50. Finely chop the ginger.
- 51. Peel the onions and garlic.
- 52. Finely dice the onions and garlic.
- 53. Set a large pot of plenty of salted water to boil.
- 54. Heat the remaining oil in a heavy-bottomed pot.
- 55. Sauté the ginger, onions, and garlic over low heat for 3 to 4 minutes until translucent.
- 56. Add the tomatoes.
- 57. Continue to simmer everything over low heat, stirring frequently, for 12 to 15 minutes.
- 58. Add the pasta pockets to the boiling salted water.
- 59. Cook the pasta pockets for about 8 minutes.
- 60. Lift the pasta pockets out with a slotted spoon.
- 61. Let the pasta pockets drain.
- 62. Serve the pasta pockets with the tomatoes.
- 63. Garnish the dish with basil strips if desired.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 529
- Protein: 35 g · Fett/Fat: 19 g · Carbs: 52 g