Recipe

Stuffed Pasta Shells Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Onceuponatart / All my dishes 1 year, 6 months ago it's dead easy and quick to make and a wonderful combination of flavours. ricotta - porcinis - bacon and thyme: they just make a perfect harmony. Prep:35m Cook:20m Servings:4	Onceuponata
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Ingredients

16 conchiglioni (large pasta shells)

filling

200g (homemade) ricotta

2 tablespoons grated parmigiano reggiano

2 rashers of streaky bacon, cut in small strips

1 tablespoon fresh thyme, chopped

a good hand full dried porcinis, soaked in hot water and chopped

salt and freshly ground pepper

simple tomato sauce

1 medium red onion, diced finely

1 carrot, diced finely

1 tablespoon of tomato purée

2 cans diced tomatoes

some flat leaf parsley, finely chopped finely

salt and freshly ground black pepper

freshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano

Directions

first make the easy-peasy tomato sugo. heat some olive oil in a depp sided pan, add onion, carrot and tomato purée - mix and let sauté for a bit until it softens and caramelises. now add the canned tomatoes, increase heat. season with salt and pepper and let it cook and bubble until the mixture has thickened. add chopped parsley and remove from heat.

heat oven to 180c°.

then heat a pot with salted water and cook pasta shells for about 8 minutes until they are soft but still have a bite and are firm enough to be filled. drain and allow to cool.

for the filling, place ricotta, grated parmigiano, thyme, chopped porcinis, bacon, a little salt and freshly ground pepper into a bowl and mix (you might find this a little yuck - but its best to do this, using your hands). fill drained and cooled pasta shells with ricotta mixture and place in an ovenproof dish.

spoon a little of the tomato sauce over the stuffed shells (you probably wont use all of the sauce - safe it for another batch of stuffed conchiglioni). generously sprinkle with grated parmigiano cheese.

bake for about 20 minutes in the middle of the oven. add some freshly grated parmigiano cheese before serving. tuck in asap!

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Comments

debra47 1 year, 6 months ago said:
I make stuffed shells all the time but my recipe doesn't have the bacon or porcini. Think I am tempted to try your variation!

onceuponatart 1 year, 6 months ago said:
Give it a try. it just goes so well with the tomato sauce. nedless to say with thyme, too! happy cookin'!

leroux 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Yum!