Thursday, February 2, 2012

Heavenly Stuffed Shells

This idea started with a conversation between my boyfriend Mike and I. Talking about mixing tomato sauce and alfredo sauce and whatever else we could get in there!! And then this heavenly dish was born!!



Heavenly Stuffed Shells

1 box jumbo pasta shells
1 pound ground italian sausage
15 oz ricotta cheese
4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1 egg
dash or two of garlic powder
1 tablespoon of dried parsely flakes
1 tablespoon oregano (or italian seasoning mix)
1 jar favorite spaghetti sauce
1 jar favorite alfredo sauce

1) Cook jumbo shells according to package directions.
2) Brown and crumble ground italian sausage until no longer pink. Cool.
3) In large bowl mix ricotta cheese, 2 cups mozzarella cheese, egg and seasonings. mix with fork until well blended. Add cooled sausage and mix well.
4) Pour tomato sauce into bottom of baking dish (one 13x9 or two 8x8 baking dishes).
5) stuff cooled shells with sausage cheese mixture. Place stuffed shell on tomato sauce.. repeat filling baking dishes with as many shells as you can. Pour alfredo sauce over top of shells. Top with remaining mozzarella cheese. Cover with foil and bake at 375 degrees for 30-45 minutes or until heated through and bubbly. Let stand a few minutes before serving.



2 comments:

  1. You could totally add spinach to that too.... Yum!!

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  2. Yes! That was part of the original idea but I forgot to get it at the store lol.... another idea was using shrimp instead of sausage!!

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