Cheesy Beef-Stuffed Pasta Shells

ratherbeswimmin''s Note:

Southern Living

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 1 hrs
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 18 jumbo pasta shells
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 cup Italian style breadcrumbs
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 dash pepper
• salt
• 1 (15 1/2 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce
• 1/4 cup Burgundy wine or 1/4 cup dry red wine
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese

Directions:

1. Prepare macaroni shells according to package directions; drain and set aside.
2. Cook ground beef, onion, and garlic in a large skillet until beef is browned.
3. Drain excess fat.
4. Stir in next 6 ingredients.
5. Set aside.
6. Combine spaghetti sauce and wine.
7. Spoon one-fourth of sauce into a lightly greased oblong baking pan; set aside remaining sauce.
8. Stuff macaroni shells with beef mixture, and place in baking dish.
9. Spoon remaining sauce over shells.
10. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over shells.
11. Bake, uncovered, at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.

Reviews

[*OzMan*]

This is a great and easy recipe. The only changes I made were to add some sauce to the meat and I also used 1/2 ground beef and 1/2 ground sausage. came out wonderful! Will make this one again. ty NurseDi! :)

[M. Joan]

I wanted a "stuffed shells" recipe that I knew my soon-to-be-visiting family would like and this is perfect. Actually, it is delicious! Great flavor! I especially like the seasoned bread crumbs with the meat mixture as well as the mozzarella cheese. I also added a bit more onion and garlic! Thanks, NurseDi!

[feathersuzanne]

Instead of putting sauce on the bottom of the pan, I put sauce into the beef while cooking it, which meant I had to incoporate more sauce, but that was okay because it turned out better than I think it would have otherwise.