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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