Shelly's Recipe

BAKED PASTA WITH CHICKEN AND MUSHROOM FILLING

Category: Pasta - Baked

1 box cannelloni or manicotti shells, cooked al dente, drained
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 tbsp butter
3 tbsp flour
2 cups milk
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 cup mozzarella or Swiss cheese, shredded

Chicken And Mushroom Filling, (recipe follows)
Pinch ground nutmeg
Grated parmesan cheese

Chicken and Mushroom Filling:
2 whole medium chicken breasts
1 bay leaf
1/2 cup fresh mushrooms, chopped
1/3 cup onion, chopped
1/4 tsp dried basil and dried thyme, crushed
1/8 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp butter
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated

While pasta is cooking, in a saucepan, make sauce by cooking onion in butter until tender. Stir in flour; add milk all at once. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Add wine. Stir in shredded cheese until melted.

Stuff cooked pasta shells with chicken and mushroom filling and arrange in greased 13x9 inch baking pan for 25 to 30 minutes, or until heated through. Pass parmesan cheese.

Chicken and Mushroom Filling: Stew chicken in a saucepan, combined with bay leaf, and 2 cups water; cover and simmer about 20 minutes or till tender. Remove meat; cool slightly. discard skin and bones. Finely chop or grind chicken. set aside.

In medium saucepan, cook mushrooms, onion, basil, thyme, paprika, and salt in butter until vegetables are tender. Remove from heat; cool. Blend in eggs, Parmesan cheese, and chopped or ground cooked chicken. Use this filling to stuff pasta shells.