Meat Sauce Stuffed Shells

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This Stuffed Shells with Meat and Cheese Italian style is wonderful for all seasons all year long! Stuffed Ricotta Shells with Meat Sauce make great leftovers too and freezes well. Want even more pasta recipes? Try my Creamy Lemon Pasta With Chicken or my easy Taco Pasta Casserole and Mizithra Cheese Browned Butter Pasta is another crowd pleaser. How To Make Pan Fried Ravioli is a classic Italian pasta dish. Looking for low-carb? My Zucchini Casserole With Ground Beef is a winner. You'll need a dessert to go with all this pasta! Check out my Oreo Ice Cream Recipe or try my Mini Lemon Bundt Cakes recipe.

• Meat Sauce ( Ground beef and Marinara sauce )
• Ground Beef
• Jumbo Pasta Shells
• Ricotta Cheese
• Mozzarella Cheese
• Parmesan Cheese
• Egg
• Fresh Parsley
• Garlic Salt
• Onion Powder
• Garlic Powder
• Himalayan Sea Salt
• Black Pepper

See recipe card for quantities for the best dinner!

Let's make meat and ricotta stuffed shells

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

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Step 2: Cook Pasta Shells according to the package directions and place them on a cookie sheet. Saute the ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat until browned. Add marinara sauce and saute on medium heat for 10 minutes. Set aside.

Step 3: Prep the ricotta sauce by combining the ricotta cheese and egg in a small bowl. Whisk until well combined.

Step 4: Add the softened cream cheese and spices to the prepared ricotta cheese and mix well.

Step 5: Next add the shredded mozzarella and mix well. Next, add the chopped parsley and mix again. Now your sauce is ready for your pasta shells!

Step 6: Add a layer of meat sauce to a casserole dish

Step 7: Fill each jumbo pasta shell with the prepared cheese sauce and the meat sauce filling. Place each prepared cheese filled shell into the casserole dish. I like to do a scoop of meat sauce and then add the cheese sauce on top. This makes stuffed shells meat sauce hearty meat sauce.

Step 8: Add a layer of shredded mozzarella cheese and grated parmesan cheese over the top of the pasta shells.

Step 9: Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes until the cheese is nice and bubbly.

You could make these meat stuffed shells without ricotta, but I would not recommend it, but if you must make swaps, you could use cottage cheese or sour cream instead.

These Italian stuffed shells with meat and cheese are so good and make wonderful leftovers.

Stuffed shells with meat and ricotta freeze well. Simply place leftovers in a sealed, glass airtight container and stash in the freezer. Reheat on a baking sheet or in a baking dish at 350-degrees. Top with a cup grated parmesan.

Add this recipe to recipes with stuffed shells bookmark on Pinterest. You could make this stuffed shells with meat and white sauce by adding a layer of Alfredo sauce for a twist on beef stuffed shells.

You could also add fresh basil as a topping, or Italian sausage to the cheese mixture Italian cheese blend. Meat and cheese stuffed shells are so good, you won't regret making this recipe!

Stuffed shells with cheese and meat will be added to your weekly dinner rotation.

Stuffed shells with ground beef is delicious and so are these other fabulous dinner recipes.

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What goes good with stuffed shells?

• You pair this meat pasta recipe with a side salad or fresh veggies like asparagus, broccoli, or peas.

What is the difference between baked manicotti and stuffed shells?

• Manicotti pasta is also sometimes sold in stores as shells instead of tubes, which can make stuffing them somewhat easier. However, traditional manicotti is not actually a pasta. Authentic manicotti is made with crepes, not pasta, that are filled and baked. One is a pasta and one is a crepe.

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