Grammy's Kitchen · Stuffed Shells · Stuffed Shells
One of 22 stuffed shells recipes we measured
from natashaskitchen.com
It ranks #2 of 22 for cheese intensity among the stuffed shells recipes we compared. 391 cooks on natashaskitchen.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 22.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| cheese | 441% | 267% |
| egg | 28% | 15% |
| salt | 3% | 0% |
| aromatics | 47% | 5% |
| different cheeses | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| melt idx | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| cheese flavor idx | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| stretch idx | 0.6 | 0.5 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 180 g | 20 jumbo pasta shells (cooked to package instructions) |
| 75 g | 1/2 medium onion (chopped) |
| 9 g | 3 garlic cloves (minced) |
| 6 g | 1 tsp salt (divided) |
| 1 g | 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper (divided) |
| 0 g | 1/4 tsp dried oregano |
| 735 g | 3 cups marinara sauce |
| 425 g | 15 oz ricotta cheese* |
| 50 g | 1 large egg |
| 33 g | 1/3 cup parmesan cheese |
| 336 g | 3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (divided) |
| 25 g | 1/4 cup parsley (plus more to garnish) |
Method: 5 steps, published by natashaskitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Perfect recipe, enjoyed a meatless dinner and this is now under favs in bookmark. Thank you so much. If I figure out my password to utube, I will subscribe. All your recipes look simple to make and delish. Trying the banana bread next, but with the honey subst” — a cook, 5★
“Perfect! The recipes that add spinach to the stuffing really accomplish nothing in taste and you're already using parsley for garnish. However,if you love spinach as much as I do, try serving the shells on a full bed of spinach ...and the presentation can be” — a cook, 5★