Meatball stuffed shells. Place a meatball in each shell; transfer to baking dish. Top with remaining sauce and sprinkle with cheese. Stuff a tablespoon of ricotta mixture into a jumbo shells, then stuff a meatball into the shells.

Fill each shell with a meatball; place over sauce. Top with remaining sauce and the cheese. Spread garlic over the spaghetti sauce. You can have Meatball stuffed shells using 18 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Meatball stuffed shells

You need 1 lb of ground beef.
It's 1 lb of ground pork.
It's 1/4 cup of Parmesan grounds.
Prepare 1 cup of bread crumbs (Italian is best, or add your own seasoning).
Prepare 1/2 cup of Finely Minced dried onion.
Prepare 2 tsp of garlic (or 2 cloves).
You need 1/4 cup of parsley.
Prepare 2 of eggs.
Prepare of For ricotta mix—.
You need 15 oz of ricotta cheese.
You need 1/2 cup of basil.
It's 1/2 cup of parsley.
Prepare 1 cup of Parmesan cheese (grated).
It's 1/4 cup of mozzarella (for ricotta mix).
It's of Jumbo shells (prepared according to box).
It's 24 oz of Marinara sauce.
You need of Parmesan (grated, for top).
It's of Mozzarella (for top).

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Meatball stuffed shells step by step

Have your noodles prepared, and then set in cold water..
Preheat oven to 475..
Combine first 8 ingredients (meatballs).
Get a large cookie sheet and a cooling rack prepared (light spray).
Roll balls and then place on 475 for 10 minutes..
Pour half marinara into bottom of baking dish..
Mix ricotta, add about 2 tsp to each noodle, and then place a meatball inside it. Continue to line pan with meatball stuffed shells..
If you have any left over ricotta mix, spread it on top of full dish. Pour rest of marinara on the top, spread, then top with Parmesan, and mozzarella cheese..
Bake on 475 until sauce begins to bubble (about 10minutes).

Repeat process until all meatballs have been stuffed into a pasta shell. Gently stuff pasta shells one at a time with one large heaping Tablespoon of cheese mixture. Gently tuck meatballs in and around pasta shells. In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Invert shells and place on sauce in baking dish.