Easy Baked Italian Stuffed Shells Recipe
These easy stuffed shells are filled with a creamy spinach and ricotta cheese mixture, then topped with hearty pasta sauce, cheese, and baked to perfection.
Servings 4 servings
Ingredients
- 12 oz jumbo pasta shells
- 1 ½ lb mild Italian sausage
- 4 cups fresh spinach
- 24 oz spaghetti sauce
- 1 tbsp Italian seasoning
- 2 ½ tsp seasoning salt I used Rosamae of course
- 5 cloves garlic minced
- 1 medium sized onion diced
- 15 oz Ricotta cheese
- 1 large egg
- 2 ½ cups Mozzarella
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Boil the pasta shells until they are cooked, but still firm. Remove from the heat, but leave in the pot of water.12 oz jumbo pasta shells
- In a medium pan, cook the mild Italian sausage.1 ½ lb mild Italian sausage
- Toss in the onions, and cook for 5 minutes. Now add the garlic, and cook for 2 minutes before the next step.5 cloves garlic, 1 medium sized onion
- Next, add in the spinach and cook for about 3 minutes. Turn the heat off then set to the side.4 cups fresh spinach
- In a large mixing bowl add in the ricotta cheese, and 1 large egg, and mix well.15 oz Ricotta cheese, 1 large egg
- Add in the sausage and spinach mixture. Sprinkle in the Italian seasoning, seasoning salt, and 1 ½ cups mozzarella, and mix well again.1 tbsp Italian seasoning, 2 ½ tsp seasoning salt, 2 ½ cups Mozzarella
- Layer ½ cup to 1 cup of spaghetti sauce on bottom of 9 x 13 baking dish.24 oz spaghetti sauce
- Take each shell individually and fill with a generous amount of sausage & ricotta mixture, then place all the shells into a baking dish on top of the sauce.
- Pour over all of the remaining sauce to coat each shell in the baking dish.
- Top with remaining mozzarella cheese.
- Bake for 25 mins or until brown and bubbly.
- Serve & Enjoy!!