There is a lady in the church that I grew up in that would have huge dinner parties. One of the recipes that she would make were these stuffed shells — but not with the meat.
My mom got the recipe and added the ground beef to the recipe as we always had to double or triple the recipe. I absolutely love this recipe. I try not to make it too often as I eat way too many of the shells.
I always make the recipe with cottage cheese instead of ricotta cheese. Our family loves cottage cheese, so they love it in the shells. Since I don’t buy ricotta cheese that much, they don’t love the taste of the ricotta cheese; however if your family loves ricotta cheese, you’ll probably want to use ricotta cheese instead of cottage cheese.
I love how the recipe can be made up the night before and thrown in the oven the next day. For some big parties, I need recipes like that!
Grab the recipe for Stuffed Florentine Shells!
Ingredients
- 1 cup ricotta cheese (or cottage cheese which is what I use)
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- 1 - 10 ounce package frozen chopped spinach, cooked, well drained
- ¼ teaspoon oregano
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 12 jumbo shells (macaroni) cooked.
Instructions
- Combine all of the above ingredients except the shells.
- Fill the cooked shells with the mixture.
- Place shells in a 12 x 8 baking dish (greased) that has a layer of spaghetti sauce spread on the bottom. Place shells filled side up. Drizzle more spaghetti over shells. Cover with foil. Bake at 350* for 35 minutes or until hot.
Stuffed Shells Florentine
Ingredients:
- 1 cup ricotta cheese (or cottage cheese which is what I use)
- 1 cup shredded m0zzarella cheese
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- 1 – 10 ounce package frozen chopped spinach, cooked, well drained
- ¼ teaspoon oregano
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 12 jumbo shells (macaroni) cooked
Directions:
- Combine all of the above ingredients except the shells.
- Fill the cooked shells with the mixture.
- Place shells in a 12 x 8 baking dish (greased) that has a layer of spaghetti sauce spread on the bottom. Place shells filled side up.
- Drizzle more spaghetti over shells. Cover with foil. Bake at 350* for 35 minutes or until hot.
- For 24 shells, add 1 pound cooked, drained ground beef to mixture before filling the shells and place in a 13 x 9 baking dish.
- For 36 shells, double the spinach, add 1 pound of ground beef, and triple the rest of the ingredients.
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