Cheese Filled Meatball Stuffed Jumbo Pasta Shells

Source : Preheat Oven To 400 Line A Baking Sheet With Foil And Spray Foil With Non Stick Spraycombine Breadcrumbs Beaten Egg And Cream In A Bowl To Soak Set A...

PreTime
more Minutes
CookTime
a few Minutes
Yield
Some Servings

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at : August 25, 2025

Step:

  1. Preheat oven to 400. Line a baking sheet with foil and spray foil with non stick spray

  2. Combine breadcrumbs, beaten egg and cream in a bowl to soak, set aside

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  3. Heat olive oil in a small skillet, add shallot and garlic and cook until softened, set aside to cool

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  4. In a large bowl combine ground beef, ground pork, romano cheese, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, hot sauce, soaked breadcrumbs with all liquid and cooled shallot and garlic. Mix with a fork or your hands until well combined

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  5. Form meatballs into an oval shape to fit inside the cooked jumbo shell

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  6. Flatten ball to place a frozen cheese cube in the center

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  7. Completely enclose cheese cube in meat ball

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  8. Continue to form meatballs with chesse cubes. Place on prepared pan and bake 15 to 20 minutes just until cooked

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  9. Place a cooked jumbo shell on work surface, put about a tablespoon of marinara sauce in shell, then fit one meatball in. Marinara sauce recipe attached below

    https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/366612-simple-basic-marinara-sauce

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  10. At this point to cook all of the meatball stuffed shells place in a baking dish large enough to hold them in a single layer, before adding them to baking dish add a layer of marinara sauce then the stuffed shells, topping with more marinara sauce and shredded cheese. Bake at 375 just until hot about 15 to 20 minutes. An alternative is to frezze the shells individually and take out as many as you want. Cover a serving dish with sauce add your shells, topping with more sauce and shredded cheese and microwave or bake until hot

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Ingredients

  1. MEATBALLS
  2. 1 lb lean ground beef
  3. 1 lb ground pork
  4. 2 cloves of garlic, minced
  5. 1 large shallot, chopped
  6. 1/3 cup cream, heavy, light or half and half
  7. 1/3 cup fresh breadcrumbs
  8. 3 tbsp romano cheese, fresh grated
  9. 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning blend
  10. 1/2 tsp black pepper, and salt to taste
  11. 1 tsp hot sauce, such as Frank's brand
  12. 1 large egg, beaten
  13. 1/3 lb Italian four cheese blend , cut into 1 inch cubes and frozen while making meatballs
  14. 1 tsp olive oil
  15. PASTA AND SAUCE
  16. 1 box jumbo pasta shells, you will need about 18 to 20, cooked
  17. 1 recipe marinara sauuce, recipe attached in direction step #9 or your favorite marinara sauce
  18. TOPPING
  19. 1 1/2 cup shredded Italian four cheese blend

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