Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, stuffed shells. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Jumbo pasta shells stuffed with ricotta, mozzarella and Parmesan, smothered in a mushroom tomato sauce and baked. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta shells and cook for half the cooking time on the package.
Stuffed Shells is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Stuffed Shells is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook stuffed shells using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Shells:
- Prepare 1 box Jumbo shells
- Take 1 lb Ground beef (or Italian sausage)
- Get 1/2 Onion chopped
- Get 3 clove Garlic cloves minced
- Prepare 1 packages 16oz ricotta cheese
- Take 1 packages Fresh mozzarella (I used about 5oz) chopped
- Take 2 tbsp Dried basil or Italian seasoning (separate)
- Take 2 dash Garlic powder ( or to taste)
- Make ready 1 Salt
- Take 1 dash Black pepper
- Get 1/2 can Your favorite jar pasta sauce
- Take 1 packages Sliced mozzarella.. ( or package of shredded)
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Instructions 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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