Have you used up all of your delicious Thanksgiving dinner left-overs? How about an easy and yummy dish with tender pasta shells and a creamy, cheesy filling for a lovely meal. Serve pasta shells with cheese filling, a side salad, bread and maybe even a glass of wine on a candle-lit table for an extra special dinner.Grateful Prayer Thankful Heart is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. We will only recommend products we use, love or think are informative and helpful.
Cook pasta according to package directions; drain. Meanwhile, in medium bowl, stir together cheeses, eggs, parsley, salt, pepper and nutmeg.
Fill each cooked shell with cheese mixture and layer in prepared dish with spaghetti sauce. Add Parmesan cheese and additional sauce. Cover and bake until hot and bubbly.
Pasta Shells with Cheese Filling
8 to 10 servings.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 pkg. (12 oz.) Ronzoni Jumbo Shells, uncooked
- 4 cups (2 lb.) ricotta cheese
- 2 cups (8 oz.) shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 3 cups (about 28-oz. jar) spaghetti sauce or homemade sauce
Heat oven to 375°F.
Cook pasta according to package directions; drain.
Meanwhile, in medium bowl, stir together cheeses, eggs, parsley, salt, pepper and nutmeg.
In 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking dish, spread 1/2 cup spaghetti sauce.
Fill each cooked shell with about 1-1/2 level tablespoons cheese mixture; layer one-half filled shells in prepared dish.
Spread one-half remaining sauce over shells; layer remaining filled shells over sauce. Spread remaining sauce over shells; sprinkle with additional Parmesan cheese, if desired.
Cover with foil; bake 35 minutes or until hot and bubbly (doubling recipe or more may require increased baking time).
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These look like a lot of work, but I'm sure it's worth it as they sound delicious. My kids might enjoy filling up the shells.
Lorraine:
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Um…these look so good they should be illegal
This looks wonderful…I love pasta!
Nope, still have some turkey left. This looks really good. Maybe that will be tomorrow nights turkey meal…lol
OMG
I should not have seen this delicious dish now. It's almost midnight here and my mouth is watering.
I loooooooooooooove this.
And I know my other-half would love this too.
Delicious, and not so difficult! I've been thinking about making filled pasta again. My family loves it!
Wow, looks really yummy. Those shells look so tender and pretty.
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Lovely dish, Lorraine! I like to add a pinch of nutmeg, too, that's how it is done in Northern Italy. xo
looks good and piping in the filling, that makes it less messy!
I love this recipe but never thought of using a decorator to fill them. Also want you to know your Thanksgiving pictures gave me an idea. I've always been challenged taking table pictures,and we laugh at how we do that every year … but never thought of one side of the table turning like you had your kids turn. So we did that the other day and it actually worked! Thanks! We learn so much from blogging!