Vic's Stuffed Shells with Sausage

Pastas & Entrées
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Category
Pastas & Entrées
great with
A full-bodied red wine
Time
1 hour
co-chef
Victoria Delahuerga

Ingredients:

Recipe serves 8

  • 1 lb. large pasta shells
  • 2 tbsp. olive oil
  • ¾ lb. of hot Italian sausage, ground
  • 1 small yellow onion, diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, diced
  • 32 oz. ricotta cheese
  • ½ cup of grated parmesan cheese
  • 16 oz. of shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tbsp. of chopped parsley
  • ½ tsp. sea salt
  • ½ tsp. fresh ground black pepper
  • 1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg
  • 32 oz. marinara sauce.

Wine Pairings

Cabernet Sauvignon such as Caymus

Chianti Classico such as Péppoli

1. Preheat oven to 375F.

2. Cook pasta shells according to package directions until al dente. Drain well, toss with a touch of olive oil, and refrigerate.

3. In a saucepan, brown sausage. Set sausage aside in a bowl, reserving 2 tbsp. oil in the pan.

4. In the same saucepan, sauté diced onion and garlic until onion is translucent brown.

5. Add browned sausage to the onion mixture and continue to sauté for 2 minutes. Let cool.

6. In a mixing bowl, place sausage and onion mixture, ricotta, parmesan, half the mozzarella, eggs, chopped parsley, sea salt, pepper, nutmeg. Mix by hand.

5. In a 9" x 13" baking dish coat the bottom of a large baking pan with half the marinara sauce.

6. Take pasta shells out of the refrigerator and stuff with cheese and sausage mixture. Place in single layer along baking pan.

6. Drizzle the remaining half of the marinara sauce over the stuffed pasta shells, and top with remaining half of shredded mozzarella cheese.

7. Cover with foil and bake for 35–40 minutes.