Stuffed Jumbo shells is very yummy, delicious pasta recipe where you stuff in the shell like pasta with your favorite ingredients, top it with cheese and sauces and bake them. This is perfect meal!! I just love this pasta.It is fun to prepare and tastes even better. I am writing very simple recipe that I prepared for dinner last night.
Serves : 3 to 4
Ingredients
Jumbo shells - 170 g (I have used barilla jumbo shells)
Mozzarella/ Mexican cheese blend - 1/2 to 3/4 cup (for garnish)
Onion chopped - 1/2
Vegetable Oil - 1 tbsp
Garlic salt to taste
Garlic cloves - 3
Tomato sauce - 16 oz
Red chili powder - 2 tsp (optional)
For the filling
Potatoes - 2
Onion chopped - 1/2
Garlic cloves - 3
Mushroom - 4 oz
Parmesan Reggiano - 1/3 cup
Vegetable Oil - 1 tbsp
Peppercorns crushed - 6
Red pepper flakes - 1 tsp
Frozen green peas - 1/4 cup
Broken cashews - 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Preparation
- Boil the jumbo shells according to the package instructions , drain them and keep it aside.
For the Sauce
- Heat Oil in pan.add Onion and garlic cloves and saute till translucent.
- Add tomato sauce, salt, red chili powder, mix well and bring it to nice boil. Then simmer it so that flavor gets combined.
For the Filling
- Peel the skin of potatoes, cut them into cubes and microwave for 5 minutes.
- Heat Oil in pan. add onion, garlic, cashews and saute till translucent. add mushrooms and saute till cooked. add frozen peas and mix well. switch off the flame.
- Now add the potatoes, mash them. then add salt, crushed peppercorns, pepper flakes and mix well.
- Finally add Parmesan cheese and mix everything well.
Assemble in Baking Pan
- Preheat oven for 400 degree F.
- Spread a thin layer of sauce in baking pan. Put the filling in each jumbo shell and line them up on baking pan.
- Pour the sauce on top of it. Bake it for about 10 minutes.
- After 10 minutes garnish it with Mozzarella or Mexican cheese blend and bake for another 5 minutes or until the cheese is melted and golden brown in color
Super delicious Stuffed Jumbo shells are ready.. Enjoy!!!!
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