Recipe: Stuffed Pasta Shells

[BamaLuver]

Stuffed Pasta Shells

1 lb. container Ricotta cheese
1 lb. shredded Mozzarella cheese
3/4 c. Parmesan cheese, grated
2 eggs
Black pepper to taste
About 1 tsp. sweet basil
About 2 tsp. oregano
About 1/3 lb. Italian sausage, and about 1 lb. ground beef with onions, salt and pepper added, cooked and cooled
1 box cooked jumbo pasta shells (about 32 shells)
5 c. of your favorite spaghetti sauce

In a large bowl, mix Ricotta cheese, Mozzarella (save some for topping) cheese, Parmesan cheese, eggs, pepper and basil. Mix with hands until the mixture is consistent, uniform, and no lumps exist. Add cooled ground beef and sausage, and mix again. (The ingredients must be cool so that the cheese doesn't melt.)

Fill each pasta shell with mixture. Fill casserole dishes 1/4 of the way with spaghetti sauce (individual serving casseroles, or 1 or 2 large ones). Place stuffed shells in sauce and top with Mozzarella cheese. Spoon a little sauce over shells. Bake in a 450 degree oven for about 10 minutes or until done.

 

[bayoutider]

This is good stuff for all you pasta lovers. You can do variations of this recipe by leaving out the sausage and adding chopped frozen spinach that has had all the water squeezed from it. Maybe add some chopped pine nuts or walnuts or try this with canned tuna. If you use tuna bake with an alfredo or cheese sauce. I seldom mix cheese with fish or seafood but this is one that seems to work.

 

[crimsNkentucky]

That sounds good Bama! I'll have to try that out. I don't do too many pasta dishes.