No image available
Member recipe

Chick & cherry pasta bake

Member recipe by

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
(0 ratings)

Member recipe by

Cooking time

Prep: 20 minutes Cook: 25 minutes

Skill level

Easy

Servings

Serves 4

Tasty, easy pasta dish

This recipe has been submitted by the Good Food community. Sign in or create a My Good Food account to upload your own recipe creations. Please note that all recipes will be moderated but they are not tested in the Good Food kitchen.
Save to My Good Food
Please sign in or register to save recipes.
Print

Ingredients

  • 400g mafalda corta pasta or conchiglie
  • Red onion
  • 300g broccoli, seperate stalks from florets.
  • 400ml chick or veg stock
  • 1 tsp Dijon or whole grain mustard
  • 100ml creme fraiche
  • 3 cooked skinless chicken breast fillets, cut into chunks
  • 200g chopped cherry tomatoes
  • 150g cottage cheese
  • about 200g cheddar, grated
  • optional: 1/2 small pack of fresh parsley, finely chopped & 1 tsp dried thyme
  • optional: 150g mushrooms fried in garlic

Method

  1. Chop chicken breasts into reasonable chunks, mushrooms and garlic. Pre-cook chicken in pan with herbs and seasoning, fry mushrooms in garlic - set aside. Pre-heat grill medium hot.

  2. Boil pasta, onion & broccoli stalks for 7 mins. Add florets, cook for a further 3 mins and drain. Meanwhile bring stock to boil in largest pan, whisk mustard & creme fraiche, lightly season.

  3. Stir in the pasta mixture, chicken, tomatoes, cottage cheese and 1/3rd of the cheddar, mixing until melted. then stir through parsley and transfer to large casserole dish

  4. Mix remaining cheddar and thyme and scatter over the pasta mix. Put dish on the base of the grill and cook for 4-5 mins, turn if it starts to brown unevenly. Remove leave to stand for 5 mins. Serve with a side veg

BBC GoodFood Magazine

Comments, questions and tips

Sign in or create your My Good Food account to join the discussion.
Be the first to comment...We'd love to hear how you got on with this recipe. Did you like it? Would you recommend others give it a try?
Be the first to ask a question about this recipe...Unsure about the cooking time or want to swap an ingredient? Ask us your questions and we’ll try and help you as soon as possible. Or if you want to offer a solution to another user’s question, feel free to get involved...
Be the first to suggest a tip for this recipe...Got your own twist on this recipe? Or do you have suggestions for possible swaps and additions? We’d love to hear your ideas.