Recipe: Tasty Italian Style Meat Stuffed Shells

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Italian Style Meat Stuffed Shells. How to Make Stuffed Shells with Ground Beef Be sure to see the recipe card below for full ingredients & instructions! Italian stuffed shells with ground beef and cheese (three kinds) is really easy to make. Here's a quick overview of the recipe: Start by boiling the jumbo shells.

Stir in water, tomato paste, bouillon and oregano.

Just like these spinach lasagna roll ups, or this baked pasta dish, this Italian stuffed pasta recipe is sure to please even the pickiest of eaters.

Today, we are stuffing these giant shells, known as Conchiglie in Italian, with a mixture of meat and cheese.

You can cook Italian Style Meat Stuffed Shells using 26 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Italian Style Meat Stuffed Shells

Prepare 25-30 of jumbo pasta shells, precooked just until tender.
It’s of For Fillimg.
Prepare 1 pound of ground beef.
You need 1 pound of italian sausage, hot or mild casings removed.
You need 1 of small onion, minced.
Prepare 12 slices of pepperoni.
Prepare 2 of garlic cloves, minced.
Prepare 1 tablespoon of butter.
It’s 1/2 cup of fresh italian bread, crusts removed made into crumbs.
You need 1/4 cup of heavy cream.
Prepare 2 tablespoons of sour cream.
It’s 1 teaspoon of worcestershire sauce.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of italian seasoning.
You need 2 tablespoon of fresh chopped basil.
You need 1/4 cup of fresh grated romano cheese.
It’s to taste of salt and pepper.
It’s 1 of egg, lightly beaten.
Prepare 1 cup of shredded italuan 4 cheese blend shredded.
It’s of For cheese center.
Prepare 26-30 cubes of creamy jack cheese or any good melting cheese.
You need of For Topping.
It’s 2 of cuos italian four cheese blend, shredded.
You need 1/4 teaspoon of italian seasoning.
You need 2 tablespoons of chopped fresh basil.
Prepare 2 of green onions, sliced.
It’s 4 cups of marinara sauce, homemade or your favorote.

Any lean ground meat can be used in this recipe-beef, veal, chicken, turkey or even sausage.

Meanwhile, cook the pasta shells according to package instructions.

Mix together the ricotta, egg, Parmesan, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper.

Spoon the cheese mixture into the cooked shells, then place in the baking dish.

Italian Style Meat Stuffed Shells instructions

Preheat the oven to 375. Spray a pan latge enough to gold shells in one layerth non stick spray.
Cook pepperoni in a small skillet until crisp, remove to paper towel to drain.
Melt butter i the skillet and add onion and galic, season with salt and pepper and cook just until soft, cool.
Combine bread crumbs with cream, s let stand until absorbed.
In a large bowl combine meats with remaining filling ingredients, adding cooled onion,ixtue, soaked bread crumbs and crisp pepperoni finely crumblrd.
Add a layer of marinara sauce to prepated pan.
Fill shells with meat mixture.
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Press a cheese cube in the center of each filled shell, covering it completely with the meat.
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Place shells in one layer in prepared pan.
Cover with some sauce.
Cover pan with foil and bake 50 minutes.
Remove foil add remaining cheese, then sprinkle with the italian seasoning, basil and green onion and cook until cheese is melted.
Serve with remaing sauce on the side..

Top ground beef stuffed shells with remaining sauce.

For an Italian-style Sunday lunch, there are some dishes that are an absolute must: lasagna, stuffed cannelloni… but also baked pasta, or pasta pasticciata with meat sauce broiled in the oven.

For a prettier presentation, though equally tasty - try stuffed pasta shells, shells filled with meat sauce and stringy cheese.

My comfort food of all time is cheesy pasta.

And this recipe for Stuffed Shells is the epitome of cheesy pasta.