Sausage, Spinach, Ricotta Stuffed Pasta Shells

Name: Sausage, Spinach, Ricotta Stuffed Pasta Shells
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 340 grams package jumbo pasta shells; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 237 milliliters finely chopped yellow onion; 454 grams sweet Italian sausage, casings removed; 1 Tbsp minced garlic; 1 large egg; 454 grams ricotta cheese; 283 grams chopped frozen spinach, thawed, squeezed dry, chopped further (or 10 ounces chopped fresh spinach); 237 milliliters grated Parmesan cheese; 1 Tbsp chopped fresh basil or 1 teaspoon dried basil; 59 milliliters unseasoned bread crumbs; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoons ground black pepper; 794 grams tomatoes with herbs, including the liquid, tomatoes broken up (or your favorite tomato or pasta sauce); 26 9x shallow baking dishes

The recipe Sausage, Spinach, Ricotta Stuffed Pasta Shells can be made in around approximately 45 minutes. This main course has 604 calories, 29g of protein, and 33g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 32% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe from Simply Recipes requires ground pepper, unseasoned bread crumbs, x shallow baking dishes, and salt. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Spinach and Ricotta Stuffed Pasta Shells, Italian Sausage, Spinach and Ricotta Cheese Stuffed Shells, and Spinach-and-Ricotta Stuffed Shells.

Instructions

Cook pasta shells: Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil (1 teaspoon salt per quart of water). Cook the pasta shells according to the instructions on the package.

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Salt

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Drain, rinse in cold water, and set aside.

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Water

Cook onions, then sausage, then add garlic:

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Onion

Heat olive oil in a large skillet on medium high heat.

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Add the onions and cook until softened, about 5 minutes.

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Add the sausage to the pan, breaking up the sausage into smaller bits. Lower the heat to medium. Cook sausage until cooked through, and no pink remains, about 5 minutes.

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Sausage

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Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds to a minute more.

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Garlic

Remove pan from heat.

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Make ricotta spinach stuffing: Beat the egg lightly in a large bowl.

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Stuffing

Ricotta Cheese

Spinach

Egg

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Mix in the ricotta, chopped spinach, 1/2 cup of the Parmesan cheese, basil, bread crumbs, salt, pepper, and sausage mixture.

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Fill pasta shells with stuffing: Fill each cooked pasta shell with some of the ricotta, spinach, sausage mixture.

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Spread 1/2 cup chopped canned tomatoes over the bottom of each of the baking dishes. Arrange the stuffed pasta shells in the dishes.

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Spread the remaining tomatoes over the top of the pasta shells.

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At this point you can make ahead, to freeze (up to four months) or refrigerate before cooking. (If freezing, cover with foil, then wrap with plastic wrap.)

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