Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, stuffed shells. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Stuffed Shells is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Stuffed Shells is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
Jumbo macaroni shells stuffed with cheese mixture, covered with sauce, and baked. Delicious Stuffed Shells are the perfect easy, weeknight dinner. Jumbo pasta shells are stuffed with a smooth, creamy, cheesy filling flavored with fresh herbs and baked to absolute perfection.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have stuffed shells using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Shells:
- Get 1 box Jumbo shells
- Get 1 lb Ground beef (or Italian sausage)
- Take 1/2 Onion chopped
- Prepare 3 clove Garlic cloves minced
- Prepare 1 packages 16oz ricotta cheese
- Prepare 1 packages Fresh mozzarella (I used about 5oz) chopped
- Get 2 tbsp Dried basil or Italian seasoning (separate)
- Get 2 dash Garlic powder ( or to taste)
- Prepare 1 Salt
- Make ready 1 dash Black pepper
- Take 1/2 can Your favorite jar pasta sauce
- Make ready 1 packages Sliced mozzarella.. ( or package of shredded)
It's the perfect comfort meal that feeds a crowd! Stuffed shells recipe with spinach and three kinds of cheese! Ricotta, parmesan, and mozzarella pair nicely with a homemade sausage marinara sauce. These stuffed shells are made with cooked pasta shells, a cheesy ricotta filling, a few Italian herbs, & marinara!
Steps to make Stuffed Shells:
- Cook shells as directed , after cooking let cool
- In a bowl mix ricotta cheese with 1 tablespoon basil (Italian season) salt to taste dash black pepper stir in chopped mozzarella ( or a blend of shredded cheese parmesan cheese mozzarella (4oz total) )
- In a pan sauté garlic & onion, (3min) add beef (or sausage) season beef with 1 tablespoon of basil ( Italian season) salt to taste
- After beef is done add about half of the ricotta cheese mix in well. Let cool
- In a baking dish pour a layer of pasta sauce.
- Put a spoonful ( small spoon) of meat mixture in shell put in baking dish, repeat until all meat mixture is gone. ( you may have shells left over) you can drop meat mixture on top too if you have extra.
- Drop rest of ricotta cheese mixture around shells, drop some pasta sauce around ( I used 1/2 jar in total including the bottom of pan) lay sliced mozzarella over top bake 350 until cheese melts and brown.
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