Recipe - Swiss Chicken Bundles

8 Packaged dried lasagna
noodles
1 Beaten egg
2 cup Ricotta cheese or
creamstyle cottage cheese;
drained
2 Three fourths cup Chopped cooked chicken; (8
ounces)
2 Three fourths teaspoon Snipped fresh tarragon or
basil or One fourth teaspoon dried
tarragon or basil; crushed
2 tablespoon Margarine or butter
2 tablespoon Allpurpose flour
One fourth teaspoon Dry mustard
One fourth teaspoon Salt
One fourth teaspoon Pepper 1One fourth cups milk
2 Three fourths cup Shredded process Swiss
cheese; (6 ounces)
Paprika or snipped parsley;
(optional)
Fresh tarragon sprigs;
(optional)

Cook lasagna noodles according to the directions. Drain noodles; rinse with
cold water. Drain again.

For filling, in a medium mixing bowl stir together egg, ricotta or cottage
cheese, chicken, and 1 One fourth teaspoons tarragon or basil.

To assemble bundles, spread about One fourth cup of the filling over each lasagna
noodle. Roll up noodles, starring from a short end. Place bundles,
seamside down, in a 2quart rectangular baking dish; set aside.

For sauce, in a medium saucepan melt the margarine or butter. Stir in
flour, mustard, salt, and pepper. Add milk all at once. Cook and stir till
thickened and bubbly Gradually add cheese, stirring till melted after each
addition. Pour sauce over lasagna bundles. Cover dish with foil.

Bake in a 375 degree oven for 30 to 35 minutes or till heated through. Let
stand 10 minutes before serving. Transfer bundles to individual plates.
Stir sauce in baking dish. Spoon some of the sauce over each bundle and, if
desired, sprinkle with paprika or parsley. If desired, garnish with fresh
tarragon sprigs. Makes 8 maindish servings.

Recipe by: Better Homes and Gardens Cooking for Today Pasta

Posted to TNT Recipes Digest by "Lynn Ratcliffe" mcgrew@ntr.net on Apr 4,
1998