Shells With Italian Sausage And Ricotta Stuffing

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (16 ounce) package johnsonville mild or sweet ground sausage
• 1 (12 1/2 ounce) box jumbo pasta shells
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 (24 ounce) jars marinara sauce
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 (15 ounce) carton ricotta cheese
• 4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
• 1 cup grated parmesan cheese, divided
• 1/2 cup grated romano cheese
• 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves, chopped or 1 tablespoon dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley or 1 teaspoon dried parsley

Recipe

• 1 in a skillet, cook sausage over medium heat, until lamb is no longer pink; drain.
• 2 in a dutch oven, cook pasta shells according to package directions; drain and rinse with cold water.
• 3 using a pastry brush, coat sides and bottom of a 3-quart baking dish with oil.
• 4 pour half of the marinara sauce into baking dish.
• 5 in a large bowl, combine eggs, ricotta cheese, 2-½ cups of mozzarella, ½ cup parmesan cheese, romano cheese, basil, pepper and prepared sausage.
• 6 stuff shells with meat mixture; arrange in baking dish.
• 7 pour remaining marinara sauce over shells.
• 8 cover and bake at 350ºf for 30 minutes.
• 9 uncover; sprinkle with remaining mozzarella and parmesan cheese.
• 10 bake 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.
• 11 sprinkle with parsley.
• 12 serve.