What a dish! Guess who liked this? Yep, the boys! The youngest son decided this was “acceptable” pasta in his eyes. This is my original recipe so if you make it and post about it, give me the credit ok? Thanks all.
Oh what do you think of the new theme of the blog? I’m trying to figure out how to change the theme and not lose the widgets. I want to upload a free template I found but it did not come with installation directions. Any wordpress users know how to do this? Please help!!!
Stuffed shells wwith sausage and cherry tomatoes
3/4 of a pound of medium shells-par boil for about 6 minutes, drain and cool
1 pound bulk sweet Italian sausage
1-14 ounce can of cherry tomatoes
28 ounce can of tomato sauce
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried basil
salt and pepper
1 pound ricotta cheese
1 large egg
1 teaspoon dried parsley
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese
olive oil
Brown sausage and add in sauce, tomatoes, and seasonings. Simmer for 15 minutes. In the meantime, boil the shells for about 6 minutes and drain. Cool. Mix ricotta cheese, egg, parmesan cheese and parsley. Add a little olive oil to the bottom of an 13 X 9 baking dish. Pre-heat oven to 350. Stuff shells with ricotta mixture. Top with sauce and mozzarella cheese. Cover and bake 35-40 minutes.
*tip-I used a cake decorator to fill the shells as it was hard to work with medium sized shells. This made the job go faster.
I’m submitting this recipe to Presto Pasta Nights, a weekly event created by Ruth and which is hosted by Sherra at Our Taste of Life this week.
Great dish – thanks for sharing with Presto Pasta Night. It’s always nice to see your tasty treats.
My family loves anything with italian sausage. This recipe looks fantastic. I may just try it!
If you do, be sure to let me know what you think.
Oh my goodness. This looks ABSOLUTELY delicious. I can almost smell it!
It smelled good!
I absolutly love your passion for Italian cooking. I love cooking and need inspirations for dinner. I look forward to following your trek through great Italian food. I am gonna learn so much! I will keep you posted on what are some of my family favs…..
And favorite seafood or lamb dishes?
Thanks Kristina. I have one seafood recipe so far. I will have to investigate using lamb as I know it’s used in Italian dishes often. Thanks for the ideas.
Great pasta! The PPN is a great pasta event.
Like the new design. I have changed my template several times. You have to copy the html widgets before you change the template. Some will keep them , some won’t. Are you sure the template didn’t have a read me word file? If not just upload the zip file from wordpress theme area of the dashboard. You can email me if you need more info. I’ll try to help you.
Thanks Kathy! I will have to try that over the weekend. I have to swing by the host of PPN today and see what is up. I need more ideas!
I have to say, I am a huge fan of any pasta that is stuffed. You just can never go wrong with something so full of cheese! Great dish.