Super Spicy Stuffed Sausage Shells

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 8 ounces shell macaroni, cooked according to package instructions
• 1 lb hot italian sausage, chopped finely
• 1 (15 ounce) ricotta cheese
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons flat-leaf italian parsley, chopped
• 1 egg
• 1 cup parmesan cheese, grated and divided
• 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded and divided
• 1 (26 ounce) jar marinara sauce, any flavor you like
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 cook pasta according to package instructions.
• 3 while pasta is cooking, cook chopped sausage until browned and cooked thoroughly inside.
• 4 in a large mixing bowl, combine all remaining ingredients except marinara sauce(reserve 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese and 1/2 cup parmesan cheese). add salt and pepper to taste. add cooked sausage to mixture.
• 5 drain pasta when it is al dente.
• 6 pour about 1/2 cup of the marinara sauce in the bottom of a 9x12 baking pan.
• 7 pick up one shell at a time and carefully stuff 1-2 tablspoons of the mixture into the shell. place the stuffed shells next to one another inside the baking dish.
• 8 pour the remaining marinara sauce all over the tops of the stuffed shells.
• 9 cover dish with foil and bake approximately 40 minutes or until the sauce is bubbling.
• 10 in the remaining 5 minutes, sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese and 1/2 parmesan cheese on top.
• 11 serve hot!