spinach & cheese stuffed shells

Roxy Donat
Roxy Donat @cook_3320414
Monterey, CA

A classic with spinach.

spinach & cheese stuffed shells

A classic with spinach.

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Ingredients

30 mins
30 servings
  1. sauce
  2. 2 tbspolive oil
  3. 1/2chopped onion
  4. 3minced garlic cloves
  5. 1 can14 oz. diced tomatoes
  6. 2 can14 oz. tomato sauce
  7. 2beef bouillon cubes
  8. 1/2 tspdried basil
  9. 1/2 tspdried oregano
  10. 1 tbspchopped fresh parsley
  11. 2 tspsugar
  12. 1fresh ground pepper
  13. pasta
  14. 1 box12 oz. shells, cooked and drained
  15. 2 tbspolive oil
  16. 1 lbfresh spinach
  17. 1/4 cupwater
  18. 1 1/4 cupshredded mozzarella
  19. 3 cupricotta
  20. 2eggs, beaten
  21. 2minced garlic cloves
  22. 1 cupparmesan cheese divided
  23. 1/8 tspnutmeg
  24. 1/2 tspsalt
  25. 1/4 tsppepper
  26. 1/4 cupminced fresh parsley

Cooking Instructions

30 mins
  1. 1

    for sauce, heat olive oil in lg. heavy saucepan. add onion and saute. add garlic and saute. add tomatoes, tomato sauce, cubes, basil, oregano, parsley and sugar. Stir well and simmer 30 min. add salt and pepper

  2. 2

    preheat oven to 350

  3. 3

    toss cooked pasta with olive oil and set aside

  4. 4

    combine spinach with water in a lg saucepan over med heat. simmer, covered until spinach is wilted. drain well and squeeze to remove excess moisture. finely chop spinach

  5. 5

    combine mozzarella and ricotta with eggs, garlic, spinach, 1/2 C parmesan, nutmeg, salt and pepper in lg. bowl. stir to blend. stuff pasta shells with cheese mixture in 2 (13 x 9) baking dishes and cover with sauce. sprinkle evenly with remaining parmesan cheese and parsley

  6. 6

    bake 25-30 min. until cheese is melted and sauce is hot and bubbly

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