GREEN AND WHITE STUFFED SHELLS
From linebb956 16 years ago
- 40 minutes to make
- Serves 6
Just a simple flavored stuffed shell recipe.. I make and freeze half. If you do, thaw in frig overnight, then bake. Enjoy
Ingredients
- 1 cup finely chopped onion shopping list
- 2 tablespoon olive oil shopping list
- 2 cloves garlic, minced fine shopping list
- 2 cans (2 pound-3 ounces each) Italian style plum tomatoes undrained. shopping list
- 1 16 ounce tomato sauce shopping list
- 2 teaspoons sugar shopping list
- 1 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1 teaspoon leaf oregano crush in palm before adding shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed bay leaf shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds shopping list
- 2 tablespoon Italian parsley chopped shopping list
- FILLING: shopping list
- 2 15 ounce ricotta cheese shopping list
- 1 8 ounce package mozzarella cheese, cut into 1/4 inch slices shopping list
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese shopping list
- 1 egg shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper shopping list
- 2 tablespoon chopped Italian parsley shopping list
- 1 10 ounce packaged frozen chopped spinach, thawed shopping list
- 2 box es (12) ounce jumbo pasta shells shopping list
- 2 tablespoons olive oil shopping list
How to make it
- 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
The Rating
Reviewed by 8 people-
Love that Italian stuff......
zena824
in Somewhere, USA loved it
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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!
krumkake
in Chicago Suburbs loved it
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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!
sparow64
in Sweetwater loved it
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