Stuffed pasta shells

Name: Stuffed pasta shells
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 65 min
Ingredients: 1 cup ricotta (if ricotta is really watery (drain in sieve for an hour), 250 grams); 4 1/2 cups fresh spinach (150 grams, before cooked); 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons freshly grated parmesan cheese (, 40 grams); 2 tablespoons freshly grated parmesan cheese for topping (10 grams); 1 egg; pinch of salt; pinch of nutmeg; 24 large pasta shells; FOR THE SAUCE; 2 1/2 cups tomato puree (passata) (680 gram bottle); 1/2 in onion cut half; 1 carrot quartered; 2 tablespoons olive oil (26 grams); 1/2 teaspoon salt (2 1/2 grams); 2-3 leaves fresh basil; 1 1/2 cups water (345 grams); 1/4 cup whole cream (60 grams)

Last Updated June 29, 2019. Published May 12, 2014 By Rosemary 26 Comments

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It’s Mother’s day and I was feeling a little sad. My eldest daughter is in Canada studying for her 3rd and final year and I miss her.

I miss our early morning chats before she runs off to school, I miss our hours-long chats, I miss her being the only one who catches my jokes, and us laughing so hard we have tears running down our faces, (and her father and sister just shaking their heads because they think for sure this time we have totally lost it), I miss watching (well, her watching since I would fall asleep, and no, it has nothing to do with age!) Vampire Diaries.

I basically miss everything about her, but I will be seeing her soon, and I cannot wait. My daughter graduates.

So now you are asking what does this have to do with stuffed pasta shells, well a few things really, since it’s Mother’s Day, I thought I could use a pick-me-up-dish, so what better than something delicious and comforting? Plus my daughter loves ricotta.

This pasta dish is full of ricotta cheese. And the pasta combined with this to-die-for sauce makes me ask myself, what could be better than this? Oh yes! sharing it with my daughter, soon!

Next big question is what am I going to do when daughter number 2 decides she is flying the coup? Woe is me. Well there is always Ricky to keep me company and pasta. Buon Appetito!