Easy Beef-Stuffed Shells
Here’s a rich and comforting dish that’s terrific right away or made ahead and baked the next day. Pesto makes a surprising filling for these stuffed shells with meat sauce. —Blair Lonergan, Rochelle, Virginia
Ingredients
- 20 uncooked jumbo pasta shells
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 carton (15 ounces) ricotta cheese
- 2 cups shredded Italian cheese blend, divided
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/4 cup prepared pesto
- 1 large egg
- 1 jar (26 ounces) spaghetti sauce, divided
Reviews
Tastes fine. Prep time....total farce Prep: 45 min. + chilling Bake: 45 min. Then in step 2 "Cover and refrigerate overnight."
Delicious!
This recipe was excellent! Fed our family of 4 with some leftover, and everyone loved it! Thanks for sharing this!
What is Italian cheese blend? I am making this dish right now and will have to do the best I can. I have no way of going to the store at this time since we have curfews in place and stores are closed.
I am new to cooking so this took me awhile to me but it was one of the best recipes I've tried so far.
thank you. My daughter wanted stuffed shells so together me and her make this recipe. It was a great experience and the stuffed shells were awesome.
Best Stuffed shell recipe I have! My son asked for shells with meat so I searched the web and came up with this one. Everyone said it was a keeper. I did not make ahead or chill it and it came out perfect.
Cut this recipe in half for my wife and I. We really like them. I did not bother to make them the day before, and they came out fine. I also waited to sprinkle the cheese on top until after I removed the cover during the final minutes of baking.
I have made this time and time again. It is the BEST and easiest stuffed shells recipe I have found. My family gets so excited when they find out I am making it. I never make any changes to the recipe other than at times I don't make it ahead the day before and it still turns out delicious! Thank you so much for submitting this recipe Blaire!
Very good! Love the fact that you can make ahead and bake when you need it! The pesto added a nice flavor.