Recipe: Perfect Italian Style Meat Stuffed Shells

Italian Style Meat Stuffed Shells. In a large skillet, cook beef, onion and garlic over medium heat, crumbling beef, until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in water, tomato paste, bouillon and oregano. Italian stuffed shells with ground beef and cheese (three kinds) is really easy to make.

Stuff the shells with cheese and arrange them in the baking dish with the sauce. Cover the casserole dish and bake. 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

1. You need 25-30 of jumbo pasta shells, precooked just until tender.
2. Prepare of For Fillimg.
3. It's 1 pound of ground beef.
4. It's 1 pound of italian sausage, hot or mild casings removed.
5. You need 1 of small onion, minced.
6. You need 12 slices of pepperoni.
7. It's 2 of garlic cloves, minced.
8. Prepare 1 tablespoon of butter.
9. It's 1/2 cup of fresh italian bread, crusts removed made into crumbs.
10. It's 1/4 cup of heavy cream.
11. You need 2 tablespoons of sour cream.
12. It's 1 teaspoon of worcestershire sauce.
13. You need 1 teaspoon of italian seasoning.
14. You need 2 tablespoon of fresh chopped basil.
15. It's 1/4 cup of fresh grated romano cheese.
16. Prepare to taste of salt and pepper.
17. You need 1 of egg, lightly beaten.
18. Prepare 1 cup of shredded italuan 4 cheese blend shredded.
19. You need of For cheese center.
20. You need 26-30 cubes of creamy jack cheese or any good melting cheese.
21. It's of For Topping.
22. You need 2 of cuos italian four cheese blend, shredded.
23. You need 1/4 teaspoon of italian seasoning.
24. Prepare 2 tablespoons of chopped fresh basil.
25. Prepare 2 of green onions, sliced.
26. Prepare 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. The cheese mixture of ricotta, mozzarella, and Romano ensures a creamy texture when combined with the meat. The recipe for stuffed pasta shells comes from the Sicilian culinary tradition: in the original recipe, the meat sauce is made with veal mixed with tomato sauce and peas. Above, béchamel sauce is used as an alternative to tomato sauce.

Italian Style Meat Stuffed Shells instructions

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

Stuffed Shells are the ultimate creamy, cheesy baked pasta dish. Made with a creamy ricotta filling, and smothered in tomato sauce and cheese, Baked Shells is the perfect recipe to make when you are craving an Italian comfort food! I suggest serving these Baked Shells with Homemade Garlic Toast and a Greek Salad for one delicious meal! Stir half of the shredded cheese and the Italian seasoning into the browned sausage. Arrange stuffed shells in prepared baking dish.