Cheese Filled Meatball Stuffed Jumbo Pasta Shells
This is a whimsical take on pasta and meatballs. I wanted a make ahead meatball dish and the ability to easily make them from frozen. These are the result. They are also great as a family or company meal made all at once. The burst of melted cheese in the middle is a delicious surprise! Serve with a green salad and bread for a great meal.
Cheese Filled Meatball Stuffed Jumbo Pasta Shells
This is a whimsical take on pasta and meatballs. I wanted a make ahead meatball dish and the ability to easily make them from frozen. These are the result. They are also great as a family or company meal made all at once. The burst of melted cheese in the middle is a delicious surprise! Serve with a green salad and bread for a great meal.
Cooking Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 400. Line a baking sheet with foil and spray foil with non stick spray
- 2
Combine breadcrumbs, beaten egg and cream in a bowl to soak, set aside
- 3
Heat olive oil in a small skillet, add shallot and garlic and cook until softened, set aside to cool
- 4
In a large bowl combine ground beef, ground pork, romano cheese, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, hot sauce, soaked breadcrumbs with all liquid and cooled shallot and garlic. Mix with a fork or your hands until well combined
- 5
Form meatballs into an oval shape to fit inside the cooked jumbo shell
- 6
Flatten ball to place a frozen cheese cube in the center
- 7
Completely enclose cheese cube in meat ball
- 8
Continue to form meatballs with chesse cubes. Place on prepared pan and bake 15 to 20 minutes just until cooked
- 9
Place a cooked jumbo shell on work surface, put about a tablespoon of marinara sauce in shell, then fit one meatball in. Marinara sauce recipe attached below
https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/366612-simple-basic-marinara-sauce
- 10
At this point to cook all of the meatball stuffed shells place in a baking dish large enough to hold them in a single layer, before adding them to baking dish add a layer of marinara sauce then the stuffed shells, topping with more marinara sauce and shredded cheese. Bake at 375 just until hot about 15 to 20 minutes. An alternative is to frezze the shells individually and take out as many as you want. Cover a serving dish with sauce add your shells, topping with more sauce and shredded cheese and microwave or bake until hot
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