Recipe: Perfect Stuffed Shells with Meat Sauce

Stuffed Shells with Meat Sauce. Directions Cook pasta shells according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a skillet, cook the beef, onion and garlic over medium. In a large bowl, combine the eggs, cottage cheese, spinach, mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, seasoned salt and.

Spoon cheese mixture into pasta shells; place in. I recommend boiling a few extras to allow for breakage. The meat sauce will be very saucy and the dish will look a bit wet out of the oven. You can have Stuffed Shells with Meat Sauce using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Stuffed Shells with Meat Sauce

1. You need 1 lb of turkey sausage- browned and drained.
2. You need 32 oz of jar of garlic & onion spaghetti sauce.
3. Prepare 20 oz of part skim ricotta cheese.
4. Prepare 4 oz of shredded parmesan cheese.
5. It's 12 oz of shredded mozz or italian blend cheese.
6. You need 1 of egg.
7. Prepare 4 oz of frozen chopped spinach- thawed and drained.
8. You need 18 of large pasta shells- cooked and drained.
9. Prepare 1/4 tsp of garlic salt.
10. You need to taste of cracked pepper.

Stuff cooked shells with ricotta combination and lay flat with open side facing up. Boil pasta shells according to directions on box and drain. Line the bottom of shallow baking pans with meat pasta sauce. Fill each shell individually with ricotta cheese mixture and place in pan.

Stuffed Shells with Meat Sauce step by step

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. In a small bowl, mix the parmesan and mozzarella cheese,this will be divided in half..
3. In a medium bowl combine ricotta, 1/2 parm/mozz mixture from small bowl, egg, spinach, garlic salt, and pepper..
4. Pour 1 cup of sauce in the bottom of 8x12 baking dish. Spread evenly. Be sure to cost the walls of the dish also..
5. Gently stuff each cooked shell with a spoonful of the cheese/spinach mix and place in baking dish..
6. When finished, sprinkle sausage over and around shells..
7. Cover shells with remaining sauce..
8. Sprinkle the remaining cheese mix on the sauce, cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes or until bubbly around edges..

Put more sauce on top and sprinkle with Mozzarella. Spoon the remaining meat sauce in-between the shells but not directly on top of the shells. Remove the foil and sprinkle the remaining mozzarella and Parmesan over the shells. In a large bowl mix the ricotta cheese, eggs, basil, half the shredded mozzarella and seasoning. Serve with additional sauce on top.