Recipe

Green And White Stuffed Shells Recipe

	Linebb956 / All my dishes 1 year, 5 months ago Just a simple flavored stuffed shell recipe.. I make and freeze half. If you do, thaw in frig overnight, then bake. Enjoy Prep:160m Cook:40m Servings:6	Linebb956
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Ingredients

1 cup finely chopped onion

2 tablespoon olive oil

2 cloves garlic, minced fine

2 cans (2 pound-3 ounces each) Italian style plum tomatoes undrained.

1 16 ounce tomato sauce

2 teaspoons sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon leaf oregano crush in palm before adding

1/2 teaspoon crushed bay leaf

1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds

2 tablespoon Italian parsley chopped

FILLING:

2 15 ounce ricotta cheese

1 8 ounce package mozzarella cheese, cut into 1/4 inch slices

1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1 egg

1/4 teaspoon pepper

2 tablespoon chopped italian Parsley

1 10 ounce packaged frozen chopped spinach, thawed

2 box es (12) ounce JUMBO pasta shells

2 tablespoons olive oil

Directions

THE SAUCE:

Saute the onions in 2 tablespoons of the oil for about 5 minutes

Add garlic, saute for 1 minute

Add the tomatoes, break them up with spoon

Add tomato sauce, sugar, salt, oregano, basil, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and the fennel seeds.

Cover the sauce pan and cook for 1 hour over low heat.

Uncover and cook 1 hour 20 minutes longer stirring occasionally.

remove from heat and add the parsley.

THE CHEESE FILLING:

Combine all cheeses, the egg, 1/4 teaspoon pepper and 2 tablespoon parsley in a large bowl

Remove 1 3/4 cup to a medium bowl

Drain the spinach well and add to the medium bowl.

PASTA SHELLS

Cook the pasta shells el dente

spray 2 9x12 glass dishes

Stuff half with the spinach, half with the plain

Cover the bottoms of pans with the sauce,

Place shells on the sauce

brush shells with the remaining 2 tablespoons oil.

Place in a hot oven 425 COVERED

Uncover the pans and bake for 10 minutes longer or until heated through and the sauce is bubbly.

Let rest for about 5 minutes.

You can prepare the day before an place in frig until time to bake... this makes it nice as you can spend time with quests.

Enjoy

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Comments

chefmeow 1 year, 5 months ago said:
Another must try. This sounds fabulous and one I know we would love. The items are now on my grocery lists. Thanks for posting.

zena824 1 year, 5 months ago said:
Love that Italian stuff......

krumkake 1 year, 5 months ago said:
Wow, that sounds WONDERFUL! I like making large batches, too, so I have some to freeze for later. This is yet another recipe on my "must try" list...I LOVE Italian dishes!

thepiggs 1 year, 4 months ago said:
These are delish!!!!!

thepiggs 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Got any other recipes like this???

sparow64 8 months, 2 weeks ago said:
I love this! Have company coming for supper Saturday, I think I just found my main dish! You have some great recipes...as I have time I am going over recipes I have missed...I am gonna weigh a ton if I make them all! LOL...great post. Gets a high 5!

luvshk 8 months, 1 week ago said:
How did I miss this? Love pasta and especially like to double batch and freeze one like you said. Thanks.

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