Sausage-Stuffed Pasta Shells

Name: Sausage-Stuffed Pasta Shells
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 454 grams bulk Italian sausage; 794 grams can tomato sauce; 1 egg, slightly beaten; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 227 grams cups shredded Italian cheese blend; 1 Tbsp Italian seasoning; 18 jumbos pasta shells (from 16-oz package); 425 grams container whole-milk ricotta cheese

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Sausage-Stuffed Pasta Shells a try. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 6 servings with 543 calories, 32g of protein, and 31g of fat each. A mixture of bulk sausage, tomato sauce, seasoning, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. To use up the egg you could follow this main course with the Rose Levy Beranbaum's Chocolate Tomato Cake with Mystery Ganache as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F. Cook and drain pasta as directed on package. Rinse with cool water; drain.

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Pasta

Water

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Oven

Meanwhile, in 10-inch nonstick skillet, cook sausage over medium-high heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until no longer pink; drain. Stir ricotta cheese and egg into sausage.

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Ricotta Cheese

Sausage

Egg

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Frying Pan

In medium bowl, mix tomato sauce, Italian seasoning and garlic powder. In 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish, spoon 1 cup tomato sauce mixture over bottom. Spoon about 2 tablespoons sausage mixture into each pasta shell. Arrange shells on sauce in baking dish. Spoon remaining sauce over stuffed shells.

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Italian Seasoning