Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, stuffed shells. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Stuffed Shells is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Stuffed Shells is something which I have loved my entire life.
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.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook stuffed shells using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Shells:
- Take 1 box Jumbo shells
- Take 1 lb Ground beef (or Italian sausage)
- Take 1/2 Onion chopped
- Take 3 clove Garlic cloves minced
- Prepare 1 packages 16oz ricotta cheese
- Take 1 packages Fresh mozzarella (I used about 5oz) chopped
- Prepare 2 tbsp Dried basil or Italian seasoning (separate)
- Make ready 2 dash Garlic powder ( or to taste)
- Make ready 1 Salt
- Prepare 1 dash Black pepper
- Get 1/2 can Your favorite jar pasta sauce
- Make ready 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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