Some times, I like to really doll up a meal to make it something delicate and decadent. Other times, I just want something hearty and quick. This is one of those times: lasagna’s less popular, ugly step-brother: stuffed shells.

This is nothing terribly fancy–pasta, tomatoes, sausage, parmesan, and ricotta–but hey, it’s good. For no good reason at all, I was just in the mood for shells instead of lasagna, even though really, they would both be largely similar. I don’t have pasta terribly often, and when I do, its usually some quick linguine kind of dish, so having a filled pasta just seemed like a nice change. Plus, it can be hard to write a ton of posts ahead of time before you go on vacation so bear with me! (this is the last one–I’ll be back and cooking fresh soon! Think of this as “leftovers”)

• 1 box of shell pasta
• ~ 1-1.5 lbs sausage (I use “Hot Italian” flavored)
• ~1 cup ricotta

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Posted by mike on January 5th, 2008 in Italian, Main course, Pasta, Pork

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