baked stuffed pasta shells

🥘 Ingredients

• • jumbo pasta shells
• • mozzarella cheese
• • parmesan cheese
• • ricotta cheese
• • eggs
• • nutmeg
• • black pepper
• • garlic powder
• • dried parsley
• • spaghetti sauce
• • fresh basil

📝 Instructions

1. 1 in an 8 quart pot , bring water to a boil and cook shells for 8 minutes or until al dente
2. 2 drain and cool immediately with cold water
3. 3 drain and place open side down on paper towels
4. 4 in a medium bowl , combine the rest of ingredients except the spaghetti sauce
5. 5 reserve the 1 / 4 cup of mozzarella
6. 6 place a thin layer of spaghetti sauce into the bottom of a 12 x 9 x 2 inch baking dish
7. 7 preheat oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit
8. 8 spoon the cheese mixture into each pasta shell and place open side up , in a single layer , in prepared pan
9. 9 pour the rest of sauce over the stuffed shells
10. 10 loosely cover with foil and bake for 40 minutes
11. 11 during last 5 minutes of baking , remove foil and sprinkle remaining mozzarella cheese on top
12. 12 bake 5 more minutes
13. 13 garnish with fresh chopped basil