Stuffed Shells

23 ingredients
12 steps

Ingredients

  • Sauce
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 1 green pepper, chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 1/2 lb mushroom, chopped
  • 2 (29 ounce) cans tomato puree
  • 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons basil
  • 2 teaspoons oregano
  • 1 lb hot Italian sausage
  • 1 box jumbo pasta shells
  • Filling
  • 12 ounces mozzarella cheese, diced
  • 2 (15 ounce) containers ricotta cheese
  • 4 eggs
  • 6 tablespoons parmesan cheese
  • 2 tablespoons parsley
  • 2 tablespoons chives
  • onion salt or salt
  • pepper
  • romano cheese, grated

Directions

  1. 1
    Sauce: Saute onions, pepper, and garlic in oil for 5 minutes.
  2. 2
    Add mushrooms and saute 5 minutes more.
  3. 3
    Stir in tomato puree, paste, water and spices.
  4. 4
    Cook and crumble sausage in a separate pan; drain off fat.
  5. 5
    Add to sauce and simmer about 3 hours; add more water if sauce gets too thick.
  6. 6
    Shortly before assemblage, cook shells according to directions; drain.
  7. 7
    Filling and Assembly: Combine all ingredients except Romano cheese; spoon into shells (If mixture is too thin, add more Parmesan).
  8. 8
    Spoon some sauce into bottom of a 9x13-inch pan.
  9. 9
    Lay stuffed shells in pan.
  10. 10
    Pour on additional sauce.
  11. 11
    Sprinkle with Romano.
  12. 12
    Bake at 325 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

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