Seafood Rigatoni Pie

Ingredients list for Seafood Rigatoni Pie

• 1 cup Prawns (medium) shelled and deveined
• 3 cups Pasta rigatoni, boiled
• 1 cup Basa fillets roughly chopped
• 2 medium Squids roughly chopped
• 1 medium Onion roughly chopped
• 3 Garlic cloves roughly chopped
• to taste Salt
• to taste Crushed black peppercorns
• ½ teaspoon Red chilli flakes
• 6-8 Fresh basil leaves
• ½ cup Mozzarella cheese grated
• Cheese sauce
• ½ cup Processed cheese grated
• 5 tablespoons Butter
• 2 tablespoons Refined flour (maida)
• 1 cup Milk
• to taste Salt
• to taste Crushed black peppercorns

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180° C.
2. Grind together prawns, basa fish, squids, onion, garlic, salt, crushed peppercorns, chilli flakes and basil leaves to make a smooth paste.
3. To prepare cheese sauce, heat butter in a non-stick pan. Add flour, mix and sauté for one minute.
4. Add milk, whisk and cook for two to three minutes. Add cheese, salt and crushed peppercorns, mix and cook till the sauce semi-thickens. Remove from heat and set aside.
5. Stuff the boiled pastas with seafood mixture and set aside.
6. Pour one-fourth of cheese sauce into a spring bottom tin and place the stuffed pastas vertically. Pour the remaining cheese sauce and sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top.
7. Place the mould into the preheated oven and bake for twelve to fifteen minutes or till the cheese turns golden.
8. Serve hot.

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