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The ingredients needed to cook Stuffed Shells:

1. Provide Jumbo shells
2. Take Ground beef (or Italian sausage)
3. Get Onion chopped
4. Provide Garlic cloves minced
5. You need 16oz ricotta cheese
6. Take Fresh mozzarella (I used about 5oz) chopped
7. Prepare Dried basil or Italian seasoning (separate)
8. Prepare Garlic powder ( or to taste)
9. Get Salt
10. You need Black pepper
11. Use Your favorite jar pasta sauce
12. Use Sliced mozzarella.. ( or package of shredded)

Instructions to make Stuffed Shells:

1. Cook shells as directed , after cooking let cool
2. In a bowl mix ricotta cheese with 1 tablespoon basil (Italian season) salt to taste dash black pepper stir in chopped mozzarella ( or a blend of shredded cheese parmesan cheese mozzarella (4oz total) )
3. In a pan sauté garlic & onion, (3min) add beef (or sausage) season beef with 1 tablespoon of basil ( Italian season) salt to taste
4. After beef is done add about half of the ricotta cheese mix in well. Let cool
5. In a baking dish pour a layer of pasta sauce.
6. Put a spoonful ( small spoon) of meat mixture in shell put in baking dish, repeat until all meat mixture is gone. ( you may have shells left over) you can drop meat mixture on top too if you have extra.
7. Drop rest of ricotta cheese mixture around shells, drop some pasta sauce around ( I used 1/2 jar in total including the bottom of pan) lay sliced mozzarella over top bake 350 until cheese melts and brown.

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