Ingredients for Stuffed Shell Pasta

How to Make Stuffed Shell Pasta

Actually you can use any filling you like for large shell pasta. We offer here the commonest Italian recipe. It is a dish to be found in the menus of the best Italian restaurants. Shell pasta is stuffed with a mixture of tomato sauce with minced meat, cheese, ricotta and flavorful basil. The dish is very nourishing and tasty.

Ingredients for Stuffed Shell Pasta

  • 1.1 lb large shell pasta
  • 0.8 lb minced meat
  • 0.6 lb ricotta
  • 0.2 lb grated Parmesan
  • 1 white onion
  • 0.7 lb strained tomatoes: 0.4 lb for ground meat and 0.3 lb for shell pasta pouring
  • 2-3 tablespoons tomato paste
  • parsley, basil, salt, pepper, olive oil
Ingredients for Stuffed Shell Pasta

Ingredients for Stuffed Shell Pasta

Cooking Instructions

  1. Dice an onion finely and fry it slightly in olive oil.
  2. Then add tomato paste and in 1-2 minutes put minced meat.
  3. Fry it all slightly then add strained tomatoes.
  4. Simmer the sauce for about 20 minutes over low heat, stirring constantly. When the excessive moisture has evaporated, turn the heat off.
  5. After the minced meat simmered in tomato sauce has cooled down, add ricotta, chopped parsley and basil, grated Parmesan, salt, pepper.
  6. Boil shell pasta in salt water until it is half done.
  7. Then stuff the pasta. Place it into a pre-oiled form in tight rows, open side up. Fill up the form with strained tomatoes. You can add some cream or sour cream if you wish.
  8. Put it in an oven for about 20 minutes. Serve the dish hot.
Stuffed Shell Pasta

Stuffed Shell Pasta