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Timbale of fresh
maccheroncini with
vegetables and ricotta cheese
Ingredients (serves 8)
300 g fresh maccheroncini
pasta
1 litre white sauce
250 g fresh ricotta cheese
100 g frozen peas
150 g fresh carrots, fi nely
diced
250 g frozen spinach
100 g Parmesan cheese,
grated
2 g garlic, chopped
30 g extra virgin oil
For the white sauce:
1 litre milk
50 g butter
50 g fl our
10 g salt
PREPARATION
1. For the white sauce: melt the butter in the
microwave, add the fl our and stir.
2. Add the salt to the milk and bring to the boil in the
microwave, then add the butter and fl our.
3. Keep stirring until the sauce becomes thick and
smooth.
4. Cover all the vegetables and cook in the microwave,
then drain well.
5. Season with salt and pepper, add the ricotta, some
of the Parmesan and some of the white sauce. Let
everything cool, then add the fresh (uncooked)
maccheroncini and mix with the other ingredients.
6. Fill a tray, smoothing and patting down the surface,
spooning over the remaining white sauce, sprinkle
with Parmesan and place in the oven.
7. When cooked, leave to rest for 10 minutes and serve.
Conventional + Microwave
Preheating 200 °C
Level Temperature Micro power Time
1 200 °C 350 w 16-18 minutes
Millefeuille of vegetables
with Taleggio cheese
and basil pesto
Ingredients (serves 8)
300 g red peppers, cut
into thick strips
300 g yellow peppers, cut
into thick strips
250 g green courgettes,
cut into thin rounds
250 g carrots, cut into
matchsticks
300 g red tomatoes, cut
into rounds
50 g basil pesto
1 clove garlic
100 g leeks, cut into very
thin rounds
200 g Taleggio cheese,
diced
100 g Parmesan cheese,
grated
300 g black olives, cut
into rounds
100 g capers
20 g anchovy fi llets in oil
50 g extra virgin olive oil
10 g table salt
1 pinch ground pepper
PREPARATION
1. Season all the vegetables with salt, pepper and olive
oil.
2. In a deep-sided dish, arrange the vegetables in
layers and dress with the pesto, Parmesan, Taleggio
and black olives.
3. Top the fi nal layer with the anchovies, the capers
and the cheeses.
4. Next, cook until you are left with a gratin-style dish.
Turbo Grill + MW
Level Grill power Micro power Time
1 High 350w 12-15 minutes