Stuffed Shells
Jumbo pasta shells are stuffed with a ricotta and mozzarella cheese mixture and baked in marinara sauce for a complete meal in one.
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
- 24 jumbo shells
- 3 cups marinara sauce divided
- 2 cups ricotta cheese
- 1 large egg
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese divided
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Cook pasta shells according to the directions on the box. Be sure to cook extra as some may tear or break while cooking.
- While those are cooking, mix together the ricotta cheese, egg, 1 1/2 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese, and salt to taste in a medium bowl.
- Lightly spray a 9x13 inch baking dish with cooking spray and pour 1 1/2 cups of marinara sauce in the bottom.
- When the pasta shells are finished cooking, drain them and run cool water over them to stop the cooking and cool them down.
- Gently spread each pasta shell apart and stuff them with the ricotta cheese mixture.
- Once they are all stuffed and in the baking dish, pour 1 1/2 cups of marinara sauce over the top and spread it out evenly.
- Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese on top, cover with tinfoil, and bake for 35 minutes.
- Remove tinfoil and bake another 10-15 minutes.
- Rest for 5 minutes and serve.