Comments on: Stuffed Shells with Sausage

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 06:50:44 +0000

Love this recipe!
Was looking for a little clarification on the cook time for making a day ahead.
Do you bake for 30min cover with foil and then 35min uncovered and another 10min with cheese like the original recipe. So an 75min cook time instead of the original 45min?

By: Chelsea Lords

Chelsea Lords — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 13:42:37 +0000

In reply to Neil Sprouse.

Yes, it will work, but it will be missing flavor

By: Neil Sprouse

Neil Sprouse — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 05:08:03 +0000

Can this recipe be made without cheese?

By: Chelsea Lords

Chelsea Lords — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 12:33:24 +0000

In reply to Lori.

Hey Lori! I hope you love this recipe and the pizza — two of my favorites! 🙂 That pizza sounds amazing!!

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 05:13:20 +0000

Hi, so glad I found your recipe, I went out tonight to get the ingredients to make tomorrow for company. I will be using elk Italian sausage , organic beef, they were out of the cream cheese and chives, so I bought green onions to mix in the cream cheese. I also bought the ingredients for the sausage blackberry pizza. Going to be a great week of cooking. I went to Boston to Little Italy to a restaurant and had a amazing pizza but only remember a few ingredients, maybe you could help with it, it was years ago. I know it was made with figs, prosciutto, wasn’t a red sauce , anyway delicious. Have a blessed day

By: Chelsea Lords

Chelsea Lords — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:37:15 +0000

In reply to Lori Collins.

I am so thrilled to hear this! Thanks so much Lori! 🙂

By: Chelsea Lords

Chelsea Lords — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:30:32 +0000

In reply to Christi Schmidt.

I am sooo happy to hear this! Thanks so much Christi! 🙂

By: Lori Collins

Lori Collins — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 00:19:15 +0000

I made this to take to a friend and made a little dish for me so I could try it. I did not use any burger, just Italian sausage. I also added a little ricotta to the cheese mixture. Probably added more mozzarella and Italian style cheese than the recipe called for, but I love cheesy things. Excellent recipe. Used the Rao’s Marinara and it definitely added a more authentic taste. Will make an entire tray for my family soon.

By: Christi Schmidt

Christi Schmidt — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 14:40:00 +0000

Made this last night. Increased the garlic and assumed the onions were diced. We also used our home canned marinara. IT WAS FABULOUS! This is the first recipe I’ve seen with meat in the shell stuffing. This is dinner party worthy. A winner! Home run! Just delicious!!

By: Chelsea Lords

Chelsea Lords — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 21:49:27 +0000

In reply to Kimberly robinson.

Yay! Love hearing that 🙂

By: Kimberly robinson

Kimberly robinson — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 20:22:38 +0000

MAde these for dinner tonight with a side of garlic bread!! All I can say is OMG! Family devoured them!! Saved this recipe, will definitely be making again and again!! Ty

By: Chelsea Lords

Chelsea Lords — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 12:44:59 +0000

In reply to Lori.

Sounds delicious! Glad you enjoyed these Lori 🙂

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 22:14:44 +0000

I went online looking for a stuffed shells recipe with meat in the shells as I tried an “all cheese” version and just didn’t like it. Yours fit the bill. I am a pretty good cook, so I tweaked your recipe some based on some ingredients I already had. I did not use any ground beef, but only Italian sausage. I had some cottage cheese that needed to be used, so mixed it with the cream cheese mixture. I also did not add the egg. When I had more shells than filling, I mixed up some cottage cheese, mozzarella, and parmesan and filled the rest to give to a neighbor. Absolutely delicious.

By: Chelsea Lords

Chelsea Lords — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 22:26:55 +0000

In reply to Cheryl.

Absolutely! 🙂

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Fri, 22 May 2020 15:24:25 +0000

Looks great can I make this a day ahead, and cook the day of the event? Thanks

By: Chelsea Lords

Chelsea Lords — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 17:17:14 +0000

In reply to Sharon.

Hope you love it!

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 17:11:28 +0000

About to try this recipe but i will use ricotta and cream cheese ..with added herbs and spices… Will add photo if I can figure out how????
Update soon…
Thanks…

By: Chelsea Lords

Chelsea Lords — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:19:01 +0000

In reply to Cynthia.

Sure; I’d amp up the seasoning though or add in some herbs!

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 17:57:06 +0000

Could I use regular cream cheese?

By: Chelsea Lords

Chelsea Lords — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 02:19:59 +0000

In reply to Andrew.

Hey Andrew!

Thanks so much for your comment and writing in about this recipe (and including so many details for readers; thanks!) I’m thrilled you enjoyed it! 🙂

I do have a stuffed shells recipe that’s more from scratch (https://www.chelseasmessyapron.com/stuffed-shells/) but it doesn’t have the sausage. For this recipe I’d think you could make your own cream cheese by adding in diced green onions and some fresh minced garlic. You can also make your own marinara and use freshly grated mozzarella instead of the cheese blend. It will be a bit different, but I’m sure still delicious!

Thanks again for your comment and trying the recipe!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 05:11:18 +0000

Chelsea, I made it tonight and it was delish. Everyone licked their plates including a 2.5 year old.

Followed the recipe to a tee, it worked out really well to my surprise. The 24 shells is perfect for the amount of filling, the pan size was perfect for the number of shells, and the heaping tablespoon for the measurement worked out exactly so thank you for this well thought out recipe.

To anyone reading, this recipe made enough for 4 adults and 2 kids. Myself, my wife and our toddler at exactly half. If you don’t want leftovers, consider cutting the recipe in half (although you may want leftovers since it was really good!

Having made it myself, my only suggestion to others trying it would be to add another half a bottle of sauce if you like your pasta saucy (or mix the bottle with another half bottle of water) to help fill the pan and to have some extra on the plate for dipping each bite into.

Any thoughts on how to make this the long way? I appreciate the shortcuts but I’m a sucker for punishment and I prefer to use unprocessed foods where possible. Looking for the original ingredients that would take the place of the bottled pasta sauce, chive and green onion spreadable cream cheese, and the shredded Italian cheese blend. I’m sure with a little experimentation it wouldn’t be too hard to get close but wondering if you have a master ingredient list prior to the substitutions.

The pasta shells didn’t have any cooking info on the box so I cooked them to al dente and it seemed to work fine. Cooking them all the way would result in shells splitting or falling apart as mine were starting to.

Thanks so much for the delicious meal!

-Andrew

By: chelseamessyapron

chelseamessyapron — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 19:52:09 +0000

In reply to Cardi.

Yay! So happy to hear that! 🙂

By: Cardi

Cardi — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 20:03:56 +0000

Came out super good! The whole fam loved it ??????

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 15:35:10 +0000

Oh my gosh, these stuffed shells with sausage look so good. I love the shortcuts. Thank you for sharing the recipe.

By: Shawnna Griffin

Shawnna Griffin — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 14:35:37 +0000

hey girl- this looks so yummy! y’all have a great weekend!