Recipe - Baked Shells With Mushroom Cream

1 pound Medium or Small Shells
uncooked
1 tablespoon Cornstarch
1 One half cup Milk; divided
One half cup Chicken broth
homemade or canned
Salt
Freshly ground pepper
1 cup Frozen peas; defrosted
4 ounce Canned cut or sliced up mushrooms
drained
One fourth cup Sliced pimentos
2 cup Diced cooked chicken
(optional)
Three fourths cup Grated Parmesan cheese
plus more for passing
One fourth cup Unseasoned bread crumbs

Prepare pasta according to package directions; drain. Rinse the pasta
under cold running water until cool and drain thoroughly.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In small bowl, stir together the
cornstarch and 2 tablespoons of the milk until the cornstarch is
dissolved. Heat the remaining milk and the chicken broth in a small
saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the cornstarch mixture and heat,
stirring, until the sauce is simmering and thickened. Add the salt
and pepper and simmer 3 minutes. Pour the sauce into a bowl, add the
peas, mushrooms, pimentos, chicken (if using), One half cup of the
Parmesan cheese and the cooked pasta. Stir the sauce in until it and
the vegetables are evenly distributed. Transfer to a baking dish.

Stir One fourth cup of the Parmesan cheese and the bread crumbs together in a
small bowl and sprinkle the mixture over the pasta. Bake until the
sauce is bubbling and the topping is golden brown, about 15 minutes.
Serve hot, passing additional grated Parmesan cheese if desired.

(With chicken) Each serving provides: 440 Calories; 29.8 g Protein;
61.9 g Carbohydrates; 7.3 g Fat; 44.6 mg Cholesterol; 486 mg Sodium.
Calories from Fat: 15%

Copyright National Pasta Association (http://www.ilovepasta.org)
(Reprinted with permission)

From: Iris Grayson Date: 070396
Posted to MMRecipes Digest V3 #241

Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 19:01:57 0400

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