Recipe of Award-winning Cheese Filled Meatball Stuffed Jumbo Pasta Shells
by Irene McKinney
Cheese Filled Meatball Stuffed Jumbo Pasta Shells
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cheese filled meatball stuffed jumbo pasta shells using 19 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Cheese Filled Meatball Stuffed Jumbo Pasta Shells:
Get MEATBALLS
Make ready 1 lb lean ground beef
Prepare 1 lb ground pork
Make ready 2 cloves of garlic, minced
Make ready 1 large shallot, chopped
Prepare 1/3 cup cream, heavy, light or half and half
Prepare 1/3 cup fresh breadcrumbs
Get 3 tbsp romano cheese, fresh grated
Make ready 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning blend
Make ready 1/2 tsp black pepper, and salt to taste
Prepare 1 tsp hot sauce, such as Frank's brand
Make ready 1 large egg, beaten
Prepare 1/3 lb Italian four cheese blend , cut into 1 inch cubes and frozen while making meatballs
Prepare 1 tsp olive oil
Make ready PASTA AND SAUCE
Get 1 box jumbo pasta shells, you will need about 18 to 20, cooked
Make ready 1 recipe marinara sauuce, recipe attached in direction step #9 or your favorite marinara sauce
Make ready TOPPING
Make ready 1 1/2 cup shredded Italian four cheese blend
Steps to make Cheese Filled Meatball Stuffed Jumbo Pasta Shells:
Preheat oven to 400. Line a baking sheet with foil and spray foil with non stick spray
Combine breadcrumbs, beaten egg and cream in a bowl to soak, set aside
Heat olive oil in a small skillet, add shallot and garlic and cook until softened, set aside to cool
In a large bowl combine ground beef, ground pork, romano cheese, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, hot sauce, soaked breadcrumbs with all liquid and cooled shallot and garlic. Mix with a fork or your hands until well combined
Form meatballs into an oval shape to fit inside the cooked jumbo shell
Flatten ball to place a frozen cheese cube in the center
Completely enclose cheese cube in meat ball
Continue to form meatballs with chesse cubes. Place on prepared pan and bake 15 to 20 minutes just until cooked
At this point to cook all of the meatball stuffed shells place in a baking dish large enough to hold them in a single layer, before adding them to baking dish add a layer of marinara sauce then the stuffed shells, topping with more marinara sauce and shredded cheese. Bake at 375 just until hot about 15 to 20 minutes. An alternative is to frezze the shells individually and take out as many as you want. Cover a serving dish with sauce add your shells, topping with more sauce and shredded cheese and microwave or bake until hot
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