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Melt Into The Kitchen And Enjoy Yourself-Italian Style Stuffed Shells

January 27th, 2010
 
 

Stuffed Shells At Any Speed Are So Good!

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
  1.  Preheat oven to 425 degrees
  2. In a large bowl, mix all ingredients
  3. Arrange tomato mixture in an even layer on a jelly roll pan
  4. Roast vegetables for 30 minutes, remove from oven
  5. After letting vegetables cool for a couple of minutes, place them in a food processor
  6. 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!
  1.  Preheat oven to 400 degrees
  2. In a large mixing bowl, mix 1st 6 ingredients, mix well
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. Fill the baking dish with the shells, cover with the sauce and sprinkle with the mozzarella cheese
  6. Bake for 26 minutes-Until heated though

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