Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, stuffed shells. It is one of my favorites. This time, 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 well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Stuffed Shells is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have stuffed shells using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Shells:
- Make ready 1 box Jumbo shells
- Prepare 1 lb Ground beef (or Italian sausage)
- Prepare 1/2 Onion chopped
- Make ready 3 clove Garlic cloves minced
- Prepare 1 packages 16oz ricotta cheese
- Prepare 1 packages Fresh mozzarella (I used about 5oz) chopped
- Make ready 2 tbsp Dried basil or Italian seasoning (separate)
- Prepare 2 dash Garlic powder ( or to taste)
- Prepare 1 Salt
- Get 1 dash Black pepper
- Take 1/2 can Your favorite jar pasta sauce
- Take 1 packages Sliced mozzarella.. ( or package of shredded)
A favorite among American families, stuffed shells bring traditional Italian cooking to Western kitchens across the United States. Stuffed shells are typically filled with ricotta and other delicious cheeses These easy Stuffed Shells are perfect to throw together on a weeknight and impressive enough to serve guests. They're saucy, oh-so-cheesy, and loaded with a ricotta, spinach, and parmesan filling. 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.
Tips for making ahead AND freezing! Stuffed shells recipe with spinach and three kinds of cheese! Ricotta, parmesan, and mozzarella pair nicely with a homemade sausage marinara sauce. Wayne loves stuffed shells - straight up, red sauced, ricotta-stuffed snails of baked deliciousness. I made them five years ago, when we moved from our apartment a few blocks south of where we.
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