beef stuffed shells

How To Make beef stuffed shells

• Step 1
  Brown ground meat, onion and garlic.
• Step 2
  Drain and cool.
• Step 3
  Cook shells in boiling water about 15 minutes, drain.
• Step 4
  Into meat mixture, stir in mozzarella cheese, bread crumbs, egg and seasonings.
• Step 5
  Spread 1/4 of the jar of sauce into a 13x9 baking dish.
• Step 6
  Stuff the shells with the meat mixture and place in dish on top of sauce.
• Step 7
  Pour remaining sauce over the stuffed shells and sprinkle with the parmesan cheese.
• Step 8
  Cover with foil and bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes.
• Step 9
  Freezing instructions: I have frozen this dish several times with success.
• Step 10
  Use the foil pans for this or put foil in your baking dish before the sauce and assembling shells.
• Step 11
  You can cook the shells then cool and freeze; thaw and reheat at 350 degrees until heated through.
• Step 12
  You can also freeze the stuffed shells before cooking, then thaw and cook as directed.
• Step 13
  The only thing I have noticed when freezing is that you may need to add more sauce over the top.
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