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Italian Style Meat Stuffed Shells

Name: How to cook Italian Style Meat Stuffed Shells - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6-8 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

fenway

Italian Style Meat Stuffed Shells

This take on meat stuffed shells cooks the filling in the shells for more of a meatloaf texture instead of the typical browned meat. It's a flavorful Italian syle meat mixture with beef and Italian sausage with the added surprise of a creamy melty cheese center! These were by far better than the traditional stuffed shells.

Ingredient

Food ration :

6-8 servings

Cooking time :

1 hr 15 minutes

25-30

jumbo pasta shells, precooked just until tender

2-3 jars

marinara sauce, homemade or your favorite

1 pound

ground beef

1 pound

Italian sausage, (hot or mild) casings removed

small onion, minced

jalapeños, minced (optional if you like spice)

12 slices

pepperoni

garlic cloves, minced

1 tablespoon

butter

1/2 cup

fresh Italian bread, crusts removed made into crumbs

1/4 cup

heavy cream

2 tablespoons

sour cream

1 teaspoon

worcestershire sauce

1/4 teaspoon

Italian seasoning

2 tablespoon

fresh chopped basil

1/4 cup

fresh grated romano cheese

egg, lightly beaten

1 cup

shredded Italian 4 cheese blend shredded

24 cubes

creamy jack cheese or any good melting cheese (about 4 oz)

2 cups

Italian four cheese blend, shredded

2 tablespoons

chopped fresh basil

green onions, sliced

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Cook pepperoni in a small skillet until crisp, remove to paper towel to drain.

* Step 2

Melt butter in the skillet and add onion, jalapeño, and garlic, season with salt and pepper and cook just until soft. Let cool.

* Step 3

Combine bread crumbs with cream and let stand until absorbed.

* Step 4

In a large bowl combine meats with remaining filling ingredients, adding cooled onion mixture, soaked bread crumbs and crisp pepperoni finely crumbled.

* Step 5

Add a layer of marinara sauce to prepared pan. You will probably need to use 2 pans to get all the shells in.

* Step 6

Fill shells with meat mixture.

* Step 7

Press a cheese cube into the center of each filled she'll, covering it completely with the meat.

* Step 8

Place shells in one layer in prepared pan on top of sauce.

* Step 9

Cover with rest of sauce.

* Step 10

Cover pan with foil and bake 50 minutes.

* Step 11

Remove foil and add remaining cheese, then sprinkle with the italian seasoning, basil and green onion and cook until cheese is melted. About 10-15 minutes.