this actually happened on accident really. It was my husband’s turn to go to the grocery store and I had written down jumbo shells and since he never cooks he just looked for the biggest noodles he could find and brought them home. It turned out to be a super great recipe though. Here is what you need at the grocery store:
1 lb of ground turkey meat (you can use beef too)
3-4 cups of fresh spinach (you can use the frozen stuff but we all know its not as good)
15 oz ricotta cheese
1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
a little over a 1/2 cup of mozzarella (save a little for sprinkling on top)
1 egg yolk
1 tsp dried basil
garlic powder
Jumbo rigatoni shells
Pasta sauce-i posted a pic of what I used
Directions:
-Preheat your oven to 350. Cook your noodles according to the package but boil them 2-3 minutes less than suggested. Drain and set aside until cook enough to handle
-Brown meat and stir in garlic and spinach. Let cook until spinach wilts then set aside to cool
-In a medium bowl combine the cheeses, egg yolk, and basil
-Then fold in the meat/spinach mixture into the cheese filling
-Pour 3/4 cup of the pasta sauce into the bottom of the baking dish
-I put the mixture into a ziploc bag and piped it into the shells
-lay in baking dish and top with remaining sauce and cheese
-Cook for 25 minutes and viola!!
This recipe makes a Ton so I froze half and it reheats in the oven wonderfully!!
Hoecakes & Hemlines 