lasagna stuffed shells

Lasagna Stuffed Shells are large shell noodles stuffed with a cheesy ricotta and red sauce filling. Double the recipe to make an extra freezer meal!

Lasagna Stuffed Shells

box Jumbo pasta shells ((about 24 shells))

beef

sausage (, jimmy deans)

salt and black pepper

garlic (, minced)

onion (, chopped)

tomato sauce

tomato paste

can diced tomatoes (, undrained)

water

Italian seasonings (, to taste)

ricotta cheese

mozzarella cheese (, divided)

parmesan cheese (, divided)

In a large skillet over medium high heat brown the beef and sausage. Remove grease. Add meat to a food processor and pulse 2-3 times until the meat is crumbled really small. Return to pan. Season with salt and pepper. Add garlic and onions and cook for 2-3 minutes. 

Add tomato sauce, tomato paste, diced tomatoes, water and Italian seasoning. Simmer for 15-20 minutes. Taste sauce and more salt and pepper, Italian seasoning or garlic powder, if needed.

Meanwhile, cook the jumbo pasta shells according to package instructions, until al-dente. Drain from water and lay out on a large baking sheet to cool, so that they don&#039;t stick together.

Add the ricotta cheese, egg, 1 cup mozzarella, and 1/3 cup parmesan cheese to a large mixing bowl and mix well to combine.

Spread 1 cup of the meat sauce into the bottom of a 9x13&#039;&#039; pan. Stuff each cooked shell with a small spoonful of ricotta mixture, then a spoonful of meat mixture and set them face up in a large baking dish.

Spoon the remaining red sauce over the top of all of the stuffed shells. Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella and parmesan cheese.

Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

Really, really good. There are a few tweaks I will make in the future, but a very nice, fairly quick, recipe. Not pasta-heavy, which was delightful, and the fact that there was actually enough cheese filling was a pleasant surprise (I’m a WI girl, what can I say). Thank you!

I made this dish for a pot luck dinner. It was completely gone in minutes. Many friends wanted the recipe. It is time consuming but easy.

This is an amazing recipe, but I save it for special occasions because it takes a long time to make and uses a ton of pots, pans, and cooking utensils. Everyone absolutely raves about it, and I make it exactly as it is written. Turns out perfect every time. Just made a double recipe for a coworker who has a newborn and my family and served it with baguette bread, a bag of Caesar salad, and brownies. Excellent!

This is a good idea.  Looks great too.  I think you should amend your recipe. prep time is more like 35-45 min...impossible to prep for oven in 15mins...also cost for 24 shells prepared is more like $15...not $6...$1.50/shells, $4.00/meat, 4.00/ tomaoes, onion, seasoning, $6.50/cheese

My pkg of shells had a lasagne recipe, but theirs said boil shells for only 3min then let cool and stuff, and cover tightly with foil before cooking. Different temp and less time to cook. Anyway I tried it that way the 2nd time because when I cooked the shells until al dente, they were way too flimsy and difficult to fill. Just a suggestion if anyone has that same issue. Love this recipe, but I’ve realized there simply is no shortcut to make lasagne…this is just about the same amount of work. I do like the pasta to sauce ratio of the shells a lot more than the traditional 3 layers of noodles (not enough pasta IMO).

Entire family loved it, including picky kids.

You are my first go-to recipe person! Everything I’ve made of yours has been great! Tonight my husband said that this dish was better than anything you can get at an Italian restaurant! I would have to agree. It’s incredible! It is a bit of work to get it all assembled, but easy. Next time I make this I will do a double batch and make one for the freezer or for a friend.

Loved it after making a few changes.  I left out the spinach as my family doesn't like it.  Instead of ricotta cheese and egg, I used cottage cheese and put that in the food processor to make the curds smaller.

This dish was excellent. I doubled the recipe and it came out great

I used manicotti noodles instead of the jumbo shells. It was a big hit in my household! We loved it!

You put tomato paste in ingredients but in directions you didn't use it.  Do you add it same time you add tomato sauce?

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