Pasta Shells Stuffed With Spinach And Cheese

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen spinach, chopped and thawed
• 15 ounces ricotta cheese
• 1 cup parmesan cheese, grated
• 2 tablespoons fennel seeds
• 2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• salt and pepper
• 3 1/2 cups tomato sauce
• 32 jumbo pasta shells, freshly cooked

Recipe

• 1 squeeze spinach dry.
• 2 transfer spinach to large bowl. add ricotta cheese, 1/2 cup parmigiano cheese, fennel, basil and garlic to bowl.
• 3 season mixture with salt and pepper; blend.
• 4 preheat oven to 350� f.
• 5 spoon 1/2 cup marinara sauce evenly over bottom of 9 x 13 x 2-inch baking dish.
• 6 fill each pasta shell with spinach mixture.
• 7 place shells, filling side up, in dish.
• 8 spoon remaining sauce over shells.
• 9 sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup parmigiano cheese.
• 10 cover loosely with foil and bake until heated through, about 30 minutes.
• 11 serve, passing additional parmigiano cheese separately.