Melt Into The Kitchen And Enjoy Yourself-Italian Style Stuffed Shells
January 27th, 2010
Serves 4-6
The Sauce!
- 10 Roma tomatoes, quartered
- 1 Sweet onion, chopped into 1” chunks
- 6 Large cloves of garlic, peeled
- 1 C Fresh basil or oregano, packed
- 2 Tsp Sugar
- Salt to taste
- Red chili pepper flakes to taste
- 3 Tbs Olive oil
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees
- In a large bowl, mix all ingredients
- Arrange tomato mixture in an even layer on a jelly roll pan
- Roast vegetables for 30 minutes, remove from oven
- After letting vegetables cool for a couple of minutes, place them in a food processor
- Puree mixture until smooth, taste, and add salt/pepper if needed
The Rest:
- 1 -32oz Container ricotta cheese
- 2 Eggs
- 2 10oz Package frozen chopped spinach, thawed & drained
- 3 Tbs Fresh (1 Tbs dried) Italian herbs like oregano, basil, etc, chopped
- ½ C Parmesan cheese, grated
- Salt & pepper to taste (not much salt because you have already added parmesan)
- 1 Box Large Pasta Shells, cooked according to package directions & drained
- ½ C Mozzarella cheese, shredded
- Garnish with fresh chopped basil if you want!
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- In a large mixing bowl, mix 1st 6 ingredients, mix well
- Place cheese & spinach mixture in a large plastic baggie and snip a corner (about an inch) so that you can squeeze the filling into the shells
- Hold each shell in one hand and squeeze filling into each shell-then place each shell into a greased baking dish (9″ x 11”) that has just a little sauce spread across the bottom
- Fill the baking dish with the shells, cover with the sauce and sprinkle with the mozzarella cheese
- Bake for 26 minutes-Until heated though
