Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, stuffed shells. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little 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 is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Stuffed Shells is something which I have loved my entire life.
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 Jumbo pasta shells stuffed with ricotta, mozzarella and Parmesan, smothered in a mushroom tomato sauce and baked. Delicious Stuffed Shells are the perfect easy, weeknight dinner.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have stuffed shells using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Shells:
- Make ready 1 box Jumbo shells
- Make ready 1 lb Ground beef (or Italian sausage)
- Make ready 1/2 Onion chopped
- Get 3 clove Garlic cloves minced
- Get 1 packages 16oz ricotta cheese
- Get 1 packages Fresh mozzarella (I used about 5oz) chopped
- Get 2 tbsp Dried basil or Italian seasoning (separate)
- Prepare 2 dash Garlic powder ( or to taste)
- Make ready 1 Salt
- Take 1 dash Black pepper
- Take 1/2 can Your favorite jar pasta sauce
- Make ready 1 packages Sliced mozzarella.. ( or package of shredded)
Tips for making ahead AND freezing! 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. Stuffed shells recipe with spinach and three kinds of cheese!
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.
Ricotta, parmesan, and mozzarella pair nicely with a homemade sausage marinara sauce. Easy, cheesy Stuffed Shells (with a secret ingredient in the filling!!) that can be assembled and in the oven in a matter of minutes. This easy dinner recipe is incidentally vegetarian and made with the. This is our favorite use for alfredo sauce yet. Pumpkin is good for way more than pies and lattes.
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