Stuffed Shells Recipe
Stuffed Shells Recipe is an easy yet fancy dinner recipe. The Jumbo Pasta Shells are stuffed with a simple mixture of cottage cheese, parmesan cheese, parsley, salt and pepper and an egg. Covered with red pasta sauce and baked to perfection, your family will love this meal!
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 10 jumbo pasta shells
- 16 oz cottage cheese
- 1 cup shredded parmesan cheese divided
- 2 tsp dried parsley
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 cup red pasta sauce (like spaghetti sauce) divided
Instructions
- Pre cook the pasta shells. (I suggest cooking a few extra just in case a one rips!) If using your Instant Pot to pre cook the shells, cover the shells with water and cook on Manual HIGH for 3 min with a 5 min NPR. If using the stove top, boil the shells until al dente.
- Rinse the shells under cold water when they are finished cooking.
- While the shells are boiling, make the cheese filling.
- Combine the cottage cheese, 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese, parsley, salt, pepper and the egg in a medium sized bowl. Stir thoroughly.
- Preheat the oven to 350°.
- Pour 1 cup of the pasta sauce on the bottom of an 8x8 pan.
- Spoon the filling into each shell, one at a time, arranging the shells in the pan as you go. You will end up with 2 rows of 5 shells.
- Pour the additional 1/2 cup of pasta sauce on top of the shells. Top with the remains 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese.
- Cover with foil and bake at 350° for 30 minutes.
- Allow the shells to cool for 5-10 minutes before serving.
Notes
If you'd like to add ground beef to this recipe, I would suggest browning the ground beef on the stove top and adding it to the red pasta sauce.