SAUSAGE AND SPINACH STUFFED SHELLS RECIPE
This recipe for sausage and spinach stuffed shells will hit the spot when you're craving a hearty meal of comfort food. Make a batch tonight.
Provided by Hayley MacLean,Tasting Table Staff
Categories main course, dinner, lunch
Time 1h15m
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add the jumbo shell pasta. Cook until the pasta is just pliable enough for filling, but no more. Rinse under cool water and set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease a large baking dish with cooking spray.
- Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the minced garlic and continue cooking for another minute, until fragrant. Add the Italian sausage and cook until browned. Remove any excess fat and set the mixture aside to cool, about 10 minutes.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the ricotta, shredded mozzarella, ½ cup Parmesan cheese, eggs, Italian seasoning, basil, and measured salt and pepper. Stir in the spinach. Add the cooled Italian sausage mixture and set aside.
- Add the cream and smashed garlic to a small saucepan and heat over medium-low until simmering, stirring occasionally. Once simmering, add the nutmeg and a pinch of salt and pepper. Reduce to low heat and simmer for 8-10 minutes, stirring frequently, until the mixture coats the back of a spoon. Whisk in the remaining ½ cup of Parmesan cheese and cook for 2 more minutes. Remove from the heat.
- Spoon the ricotta mixture into the par-cooked shells, and arrange face-up in the baking dish. If there's any filling leftover, spoon it between the shells.
- Remove the large garlic pieces from the garlic-cream sauce and pour the sauce over the stuffed shells. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 30 minutes until the sauce is bubbly.
- Serve immediately, garnished with fresh parsley, if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1336 calories, Carbohydrate 71 g carbohydrates, Cholesterol 339 mg cholesterol, Fat 91 g fat, Fiber 4 g fiber, Protein 58 g protein, SaturatedFat 49 g saturated fat, ServingSize 0 g, Sodium 1316 mg, Sugar 6 g, TransFat 0 g
SAUSAGE STUFFED SHELLS WITH SPINACH
The filling for these easy stuffed shells holds up well. These double as dinner or finger food. The sausage you choose is up to you. Chicken or turkey sausage instead of pork sausage would be great. If you do choose a sausage that's lower in fat, add a little oil to the pan before browning. When making stuffed shells, add a few more dried pasta shells to the water than you will need since some will rip. The filling for this recipe should fill about 16 shells.
Provided by Adam and Joanne Gallagher
Categories Dinner
Time 50m
Yield Makes approximately 5 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 3-quart baking dish or spray with non-stick cooking spray.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil, add the pasta shells then follow package directions for cooking the shells. Drain, and then rinse the shells with cold water.
- Meanwhile, heat a wide skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook until browned, about 10 minutes. As the sausage cooks, use a wooden spoon to break the sausage up into small pieces in the pan.
- Stir in the garlic, tomatoes, as well as the thawed and ringed out spinach. Cook until heated through and liquid reduced by half, about 2 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat then stir in the ricotta cheese. Taste for seasoning then adjust with salt and pepper to taste.
- Fill each shell with sausage filling and arrange into the baking dish. Scatter mozzarella cheese on top. Bake until the tips of the shells begin to brown and the cheese has melted, about 25 minutes. Serve with a warm marinara sauce (optional).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 625, Protein 33 g, Carbohydrate 32 g, Fiber 7 g, Sugar 8 g, Fat 30 g, SaturatedFat 13 g, Cholesterol 86 mg
SHELLS WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND RICOTTA STUFFING
Shells and cheese can be a great snack, but Johnsonville can transform it into a meal! This recipe combines all of your favorite Italian cheeses with the savory deliciousness of Johnsonville Italian Sausages. The result? An authentic Italian dish that will leave your stomach full and happy.
Provided by Food Network
Time 1h5m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- 1. In a skillet, cook sausage over medium heat, until pork is no longer pink; drain.
- 2. In a Dutch oven, cook pasta shells according to package directions; drain and rinse with cold water.
- 3. Using a pastry brush, coat sides and bottom of a 3-quart baking dish with oil.
- 4. Pour half of the marinara sauce into baking dish.
- 5. In a large bowl, combine eggs, ricotta cheese, 2-½ cups of mozzarella, ½ cup Parmesan cheese, Romano cheese, basil, pepper and prepared sausage.
- 6. Stuff shells with meat mixture; arrange in baking dish.
- 7. Pour remaining marinara sauce over shells.
- 8. Cover and bake at 350°F for 30 minutes.
- 9. Uncover; sprinkle with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese.
- 10. Bake 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.
- 11. Sprinkle with parsley.
- 12. Serve.
SAUSAGE, SPINACH, RICOTTA STUFFED PASTA SHELLS
Steps:
- 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. Drain, rinse in cold water, and set aside.
- Cook onions, then sausage, then add garlic: Heat olive oil in a large skillet on medium high heat. Add the onions and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. 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. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds to a minute more. Remove pan from heat.
- Make ricotta spinach stuffing: Beat the egg lightly in a large bowl. Mix in the ricotta, chopped spinach, 1/2 cup of the Parmesan cheese, basil, bread crumbs, salt, pepper, and sausage mixture.
- Fill pasta shells with stuffing: Fill each cooked pasta shell with some of the ricotta, spinach, sausage mixture.
- Arrange stuffed shells on chopped canned tomatoes in baking dish: Spread 1/2 cup chopped canned tomatoes over the bottom of each of the baking dishes. Arrange the stuffed pasta shells in the dishes. Spread the remaining tomatoes over the top of the pasta shells. 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.)
- Bake: Heat oven to 375°F. Cover the pans with foil and bake for 30 minutes, until hot and bubbling. Remove foil and sprinkle with remaining Parmesan cheese, bake uncovered for 10 more minutes. Recipe adapted from recipe on box of Barilla jumbo pasta shells, and a recipe appearing in the Sacramento Bee.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 350 kcal, Carbohydrate 27 g, Cholesterol 69 mg, Fiber 3 g, Protein 25 g, SaturatedFat 7 g, Sodium 834 mg, Sugar 3 g, Fat 16 g, ServingSize Serves 8, UnsaturatedFat 0 g
SPINACH & SAUSAGE STUFFED PASTA SHELLS
Here is a good way to make a little meat go a long way. These are good enough to serve company! I found this recipe in a great little booklet called, Dinner on the Double, by Better Homes and Gardens.
Provided by Laura Bruce
Categories Pasta Shells
Time 30m
Yield 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Cook pasta shells according to package directions.
- Drain and rinse with cold water and drain again.
- Combine remaining ingredients, except spaghetti sauce, in a large bowl and mix well.
- Fill each pasta shell with 3 tablespoons of filling.
- Place in a baking dish and top with spaghetti sauce.
- Bake at 350 degrees until heated through, about 30 minutes.
- To freeze: Freeze before baking.
- You may freeze individually wrapped shells without sauce, or freeze sauce-topped shells in baking dish.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 449.6, Fat 31.4, SaturatedFat 16.2, Cholesterol 184.3, Sodium 564.2, Carbohydrate 9, Fiber 1.9, Sugar 4.2, Protein 32.1
SPINACH, CHEESE, AND SAUSAGE STUFFED SHELLS OAMC
I found this in a magazine and decided to try it. So glad I did! I made it for the first time last night and it is really great. I used 9 oz. fresh spinach instead of the frozen spinach, and it worked great. My husband even liked it, and he is not normally a spinach person. I used most of a 26 oz jar for 1/2 a recipe, so you may need more sauce than called for. I'm sure you could use homemade, too. Be flexible! Also, this recipe makes quite a bit. I am cooking for two people, and I froze half the stuffed shells for another time, and there were still plenty of leftovers. Freezing them works great! I flash froze the stuffed shells on a cookie sheet, then dumped them in a ziploc and stashed them in the deep freeze. I let them defrost for a day. Then you just have to add sauce, and cook! Perfect weeknight meal, but good enough to serve to company.
Provided by Hwin5168
Categories Pasta Shells
Time 1h10m
Yield 36 shells, 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Cook pasta shells according to directions. Drain, rinse, and let drain again.
- Saute onion in oil about 5 minutes. Add ground sausage and garlic. Cook until sausage is done. Cool.
- Beat egg slightly. Add ricotta cheese, mozzerella cheese, parmesan cheese, spinach, and cooled sausage mixture. Mix well.
- Stuff shells. (This is where I flash-froze half of them).
- Put 1 c of spagetti sauce in bottom of corningware (or 9x13 pan, or something else). Add shells. Pour the rest of the sauce on top. Sprinkle with more mozzerella or parmesan cheese, if desired.
- Cook at 350 for 30 minutes, covered. Cook 10 minutes uncovered.
ITALIAN SAUSAGE STUFFED SHELLS
Believe it or not, I'm not a fan of cheese and try to avoid it whenever possible. So dishes that are stuffed with things like ricotta turn me off. I created this dish as a compromise to my cheese avoidance and my husband's love of Italian food. Serve this with garlic bread and a salad for a wonderful family dinner.
Provided by RainbowJewels
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly oil a 9x13 baking dish.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook shells in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until tender yet firm to the bite, about 10 to 12 minutes. Drain. Lightly oil a rimmed baking sheet; place drained pasta on baking sheet to cool.
- Heat 2 teaspoons vegetable oil over medium-high heat in a heavy skillet. Cook and crumble sausage until it has lost its pink color and begins to brown. Remove from heat; drain off grease.
- Stir half of the shredded cheese and the Italian seasoning into the browned sausage. Spoon mixture into the pasta shells (1 to 2 tablespoons per shell). Arrange stuffed shells in prepared baking dish. Pour marinara sauce evenly over the shells. Top with remaining shredded cheese. Cover tightly with aluminum foil.
- Bake in preheated oven until heated through and bubbly, about 30 minutes. Remove foil; bake until browned, 5 to 10 more minutes. Sprinkle with a pinch of Italian seasoning, if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 578.2 calories, Carbohydrate 57.3 g, Cholesterol 60.3 mg, Fat 24.6 g, Fiber 4.1 g, Protein 30.2 g, SaturatedFat 10.5 g, Sodium 1171.4 mg, Sugar 9.9 g
SAUSAGE-STUFFED SHELLS
"I wanted to make manicotti one day but was out of the noodles," says Lori Daniels of Beverly, West Virginia. "So I came up with this recipe, using jumbo shells instead. They were much easier to work with."
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 45m
Yield 2 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a small saucepan, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Set half of the sausage aside for filling. Add the tomato sauce, tomato paste, water, brown sugar and Italian seasoning to sausage in pan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally., In a small bowl, combine the cottage cheese, 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, egg, parsley and reserved sausage. Stuff into shells. Spread 1/4 cup meat sauce in an ungreased 1-qt. shallow baking dish. Place stuffed shells in dish; drizzle with remaining meat sauce. , Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese if desired. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until filling reaches 160°.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 437 calories, Fat 14g fat (7g saturated fat), Cholesterol 67mg cholesterol, Sodium 1371mg sodium, Carbohydrate 40g carbohydrate (13g sugars, Fiber 4g fiber), Protein 36g protein.
SAUSAGE & SPINACH STUFFED SHELLS IN TOMATO BASIL CREAM SAUCE
I made this as a "guest chef" for my bosses party and blew EVERYONE out of the water! It's intermediate level, so give yourself enough time to cook everything, stuff the shells, and have some wine ;)
Provided by la petite chef
Categories Pasta Shells
Time 1h45m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a large skillet, heat olive oil on med-high and saute onions till clear, then add sausage, salt-n-pep and crushed red pepper and 1 TBsp garlic. Cook till golden brown breaking up the pieces.
- Remove from heat and transfer to large bowl to cool.
- When mixture has cooled to room temp, stir in ricotta, spinach, 1/2 cup parm and sugar. Combine well.
- Lightly grease a deep 9×13 casserole or lasagna pan and set aside.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to boil and cook the pasta shells until just al dente. Drain and rinse under cold running water then pat dry.
- Stuff the pasta shells with the sausage-spinach mixture and place in prepared casserole dish.
- In a large saucepan, heat olive oil on medium high and saute remaining onions until clear. Add remaining garlic and cook until fragrant approx 1-2 minutes
- Add the crushed tomatoes, salt-n-pep, crushed red pepper (t.t.) and cook for 5 minutes
- Add the heavy cream and cook until sauce is reduced by 1/3, about 20 minutes
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Add the finely chopped basil to the sauce right before pouring the sauce over the shells in casserole.
- Sprinkle with the fontina cheese and remaining Parm. Cover casserole tightly with aluminum foil and bake for 45 minutes Remove the foil and continue baking until the sauce is lightly browned in spots and bubbly around the edges. About 15 mins longer.
- Let stand for 10 mins before serving. Goes great with thin sliced garlic bread.
- Bon Appetito!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1102.6, Fat 78.5, SaturatedFat 43.9, Cholesterol 258.1, Sodium 1399.7, Carbohydrate 67, Fiber 5.9, Sugar 9.4, Protein 35.6
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