Spinach-Ricotta Stuffed Shells with Meat Sauce
From luisascatering 14 years agoIngredients
- Filling for shells: shopping list
- 10 oz. container fresh ricotta (best quality you can find please) shopping list
- 5 oz. cooked fresh spinach, squeezed of excess water, chopped shopping list
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsely, finely chopped shopping list
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese shopping list
- 1 egg, slightly beaten shopping list
- kosher salt & white pepper, to taste shopping list
- 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg shopping list
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- 4 cups of your favorite *meat-based red pasta sauce shopping list
- 16-18 jumbo pasta shells, cooked following package directions, reserved in cold water shopping list
- 1 cup grated whole milk mozzarella shopping list
- additional parmesan, for topping shopping list
How to make it
- Pre-heat oven to 350*. Butter one 9 x 13″ baking dish/pan.
- Place all filling ingredients into a bowl and combine until well-blended. See Photo
- Pour a little of the meat sauce into the baking dish, just enough to cover the bottom so the shells won't astick. One by one, fill each shell with 2 tbsp of the filling mixture and place face up in the baking dish.
- When the tray is filled, drizzle remaining sauce over the tops of the stuffed shells. Sprinkle with mozzarella and cover with aluminum foil.
- Place on oven’s center rack and bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking for 15 minutes more. Remove from oven, let rest at least 5 minutes, and serve.
- Variations:
- Instead of spinach, cooked & chopped Swiss chard or broccoli rabe (rapini) may be added to the cheese before stuffing the shells. For a cheesier dish, use a few tablespoons of chopped fresh basil in place of the spinach.
- *If you'd like my meat sauce recipe too click here: Baked Mostacholi Pasta With Fire Roasted Tomato Meat Sauce
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