Cheesy Pasta-Stuffed Shells
Cheesy Pasta-Stuffed Shells

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Cheesy Pasta-Stuffed Shells Cheesy Pasta-Stuffed Shells. This is a delicious baked pasta dish with large shells filled with meat, spinach and cheese that children always seem to love. What to Serve with Shell Pasta: Stuffed shells taste great with bread warm from the oven.

Cheesy Pasta-Stuffed Shells is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Cheesy Pasta-Stuffed Shells is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook cheesy pasta-stuffed shells using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Cheesy Pasta-Stuffed Shells:
  1. Make ready 24 dried jumbo pasta shells
  2. Prepare 8 oz tiny shell macaroni
  3. Prepare 8 oz Gruyere cheese, shredded (2 cups)
  4. Make ready 8 oz sharp cheddar cheese (2 cups)
  5. Prepare 3/4 cup half & half or light cream
  6. Make ready 1/4 tsp ground white pepper
  7. Take 24 oz jar vodka sauce or favorite pasta sauce
  8. Take 4 oz shredded mozzarella (1 cup)
  9. Take 1 Fresh basil (optional)

You can use a spoon or you can transfer the filling to a plastic bag, snip the corner off, and pipe the filling into the shells. Place the stuffed shells into a baking dish, smother them with pasta sauce, cover with the remaining shredded cheese, cover with foil, and bake. The moisture from the sauce will finish cooking. Stuffed Shells with Meat and Cheese are a delicious pasta dish you can make for dinner any night.

Instructions to make Cheesy Pasta-Stuffed Shells:
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Cook jumbo shells according to package directions. Using a large slotted spoon, transfer shells to a colander. Rinse with cold water; drain well. Set aside. In the same pan, cook tiny shells according to package directions; drain. Set aside.
  2. Meanwhile, in a large saucepan combine Gruyere cheese, cheddar cheese, half-and-half, and pepper. Heat over medium-low heat until cheese melts and is smooth, stirring frequently. Stir in tiny shells.
  3. Spread about 1/2 cup of the vodka sauce into the bottom of a 3-quart rectangular baking dish. Spoon the cheese mixture evenly into the drained jumbo shells; place stuffed shells in prepared baking dish. Top with remaining vodka sauce.
  4. Cover and bake for 30 minutes. Uncover; sprinkle evenly with brick cheese. Bake, uncovered, about 15 minutes more or until heated through (160 degrees F). If desired, top with fresh basil.

These Italian stuffed pasta shells are baked together with meat sauce and plenty of cheese to make an easy casserole. Stuffed Jumbo Shells are the perfect family dinner! In a large pot of salted boiling water, cook pasta shells until al dente. Drain, then return to pot and let cool. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, stir together ricotta, Italian.

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