vegetarian stuffed shells

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Vail Bee
Sacramento, CA

Came up with this on the fly. I don't eat meat so it had to "vegetarian-able" and I think the vegetarian version is way better than meaty stuffed shells.

(1 rating)
yield 4 -8
cook time 1 Hr

Ingredients For vegetarian stuffed shells

  • 16
    large pasta shells
  • 2 c
    ricotta cheese
  • 1/2 c
    chopped herbs (thyme, oregano, marjoram)
  • 2 c
    homemade (or not) tomato sauce [see my yummy tomato sauce recipe]
  • 1 c
    chopped white mushrooms
  • 2 Tbsp
    butter
  • salt (to taste)
  • pepper (to taste)
  • 1/2 c
    grated mozzarella cheese

How To Make vegetarian stuffed shells

  • 1
    preheat oven to 375
  • 2
    boil large pot of hot water, once boiled, add salt and the pasta shells cook about 20 minutes or until soft
  • 3
    chop herbs and mix in a bowl with ricotta and a few pinches of salt
  • 4
    sautee chopped mushrooms in butter, when soft, reduce heat to low and mix in tomato sauce
  • 5
    in a large pyrex dish, sprinkle olive oil
  • 6
    drain shells and spoon a heaping tablespoonfull of the ricotta mixture into the shells
  • 7
    arrange all 16 shells in pyrex dish and pour tomato sauce over them, sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top
  • 8
    cook for about 10 minutes (check at 8)

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