Seashells with minced meat - 8 step-by-step recipes for stuffed pasta

Italian shell pasta, or coniglioni, is traditionally baked with minced meat inside. Cooking it this way is quite simple, and the result is very appetizing, so today we have prepared 8 different recipes for such a dish for every taste.

Large stuffed shells baked in the oven

An interesting recipe for shells stuffed with chicken and mushrooms, with a creamy cheese sauce. The dish turns out to be very satisfying and appetizing, and it is very easy to cook it, you can even involve children in cooking.

Cooking time: 105 min.

Cooking time: 35 min.

Servings - 8.

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  We prepare all the necessary products. We wash the chicken and cut it into small pieces, peel and chop the onion and champignons.
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  Fry the onion in vegetable oil until coloring, stirring occasionally.
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  Add mushrooms to the finished onion.
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  Fry everything until the mushroom liquid evaporates.
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  Then add the chicken to the pan.
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  Fry all ingredients for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, and then season with pepper and salt.
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  After that, fry for another 2 minutes and remove the pan from heat.
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  Add salt to boiling water and fill up the shells, and then cook them until al dente. We wash the finished shells and leave to cool.
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  Let's start with the sauce. To do this, put butter and finely chopped garlic in a pan heated over low heat.
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  Fry the garlic for about 2 minutes and then add the cream.
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  Pour oil from the pan into the sauce.
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  Pepper and salt the mixture.
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  Add half of the grated cheese to the pan.
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  While stirring, prepare the sauce until the cheese melts.
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  Add the rest of the grated cheese to the chicken with mushrooms.
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  Also add finely chopped dill.
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  And break the egg into the filling.
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  Mix everything thoroughly.
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  We put the oven to warm up at 180 degrees and in the meantime we stuff the shells with the filling.
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  Pour a small amount of the sauce into the bottom of a baking dish and place the stuffed shells on top of it.
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  Sprinkle well with cheese sauce.
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  Cover the mold with foil and leave in the oven for half an hour. Then remove the foil and bake the shells for another 15 minutes.
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  The shells are ready to serve. Bon Appetit!

Stuffed shell pasta in a frying pan

Italian recipe for stewed stuffed seashells. Such a rather unusual pasta for us turns out to be very tasty and is more than enough for a large company or for several times.

Cooking time: 65 min.

Cooking time: 35 min.

Servings - 6.

Ingredients:

• Large shells - 250 gr.
• Carrots - 1 pc.
• Bulb onions - 1 pc.
• Cheese - 100 gr.
• Minced meat - 250 gr.
• Salt to taste
• Ground black pepper - to taste
• Hmeli-suneli - to taste
• Provencal herbs to taste

Cooking process:

1. We prepare the required number of shells.
2. We also defrost the minced meat if necessary.
3. Chop the onion finely.
4. We rub the carrots on a coarse grater.
5. We also grate cheese.
6. Boil the shells until tender and rinse them with cool water.
7. Fry onions with carrots in a pan, then add minced meat to them and simmer a little. Add spices to taste. We put the filling in the shells and put them in a frying pan with a little water and vegetable oil.
8. Simmer the seashells for about 20 minutes.
9. Sprinkle hot shells with cheese and serve. Bon Appetit!

Tender shells with minced meat in cream in the oven

A delicious recipe for shells with minced meat baked in a creamy sauce. The pasta turns out to be very tender, but at the same time extremely satisfying, and it is very easy to cook it.

Cooking time: 45 min.

Cooking time: 15 min.

Servings - 6.

Ingredients:

• Large shells - 200 gr.
• Minced meat - 300 gr.
• Bulb onions - ½ pc.
• Tomato - 1 pc.
• Garlic - 2 cloves
• Cheese - 100 gr.
• Walnuts - 100 gr.
• Cream 22% - 300 ml.
• Mineral water - 150 ml.
• Paprika - 1 tsp
• Nutmeg - ½ tsp
• Salt to taste
• Ground white pepper - to taste
• Olive oil - to taste

Cooking process:

1. Add chopped onion and garlic to the minced meat, if necessary. We also chop walnuts, puree the tomato and knead in the mince together with pepper and salt.
2. We rub the cheese on a coarse grater.
3. Boil the shells in salted water with the addition of olive oil for 3 minutes.
4. We drain the water and rinse the paste with cold water.
5. Stuff the boiled shells and put them in a baking dish.
6. Pour cream and mineral water over the shells, add spices and sprinkle with cheese.
7. We bake the shells for 25 minutes at 150 degrees. Bon Appetit!

Step-by-step recipe for making shells with minced meat in sour cream

Delicious stuffed shells in sour cream sauce with cheese will definitely appeal to the whole family, and most importantly, the chef will like it, because it doesn't take a lot of effort or time to cook them.

Cooking time: 35 min.

Cooking time: 15 min.

Servings - 4.

Ingredients:

• Large shells - 250 gr.
• Minced meat - 300 gr.
• Sour cream - 4 tablespoons
• Carrots - 1 pc.
• Bulb onions - 1 pc.
• Hard cheese - 100 gr.
• Garlic - 4 cloves
• Tomato - 1 pc.
• Tomato paste - 4 tablespoons
• Salt to taste
• Ground black pepper - to taste
• Greens to taste

Cooking process:

1. Peel, wash and cut the onion into small cubes. Put the minced meat in the pan, add the onion and a small amount of water.
2. We wash and peel the carrots, grate them. Grind 3 garlic cloves.
3. Add carrots and garlic to the minced meat, mix.
4. We wash the tomato and peel it. Cut the pulp into small cubes.
5. Add the chopped tomato to the minced meat. Salt, pepper and put the pan on moderate heat until the liquid evaporates.
6. We send the shells to boiling salted water with the addition of vegetable oil and boil for 3 minutes.
7. Mix the tomato paste with 3 tablespoons of sour cream, chopped garlic, pepper and salt until smooth.
8. We rub hard cheese on a grater.
9. We wash the finished shells with cold water.
10. Add a tablespoon of sour cream to the minced meat, mix everything thoroughly.
11. We stuff the shells and put them in a form greased with a small amount of vegetable oil.
12. Pour sour cream sauce over each shell.
13. Dilute the rest of the sauce with water and pour into the mold. Sprinkle with cheese and bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 15 minutes. Bon Appetit!

How delicious to bake shells with minced meat and cheese in the oven?

Seashells stuffed with meat are a great main course that will delight and surprise the whole family. Best of all, this paste will be combined with tomato paste and cheese, so we will use them in this recipe.

Cooking time: 60 min.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Servings - 8.

Ingredients:

• Large shells - 200 gr.
• Minced meat - 600 gr.
• Garlic - 4 cloves
• Bulb onions - 2 pcs.
• Tomato paste - 20 gr.
• Cheese - 100 gr.
• Water - 700 ml.
• Vegetable oil - 30 ml.
• Granulated sugar - 20 gr.
• Dried greens - 10 gr.
• Italian herbs - 20 gr.
• Ground black pepper - to taste
• Salt to taste
• Parsley to taste

Cooking process:

1. Pour 450 milliliters of water into a saucepan and bring it to a boil.Put shells in salted water and cook until tender, and then remove excess water with a colander.
2. Put 2 cloves of garlic and 1 onion in a blender bowl.
3. Grind everything to a mushy state.
4. Mix chopped onion with garlic with minced meat.
5. We also add dried herbs, Italian herbs, salt and pepper to the minced meat. Mix thoroughly.
6. For the sauce, cut the onion into small cubes and chop the garlic.
7. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan.
8. Put the onion in the pan and fry it for about 5 minutes.
9. Then add the garlic to the pan.
10. Fry the resulting mass for a minute, and then add the tomato paste and mix everything thoroughly.
11. Pour a glass of water into the pan.
12. Add sugar, salt and bring the sauce to a boil, then cook it in a pan for another 10 minutes.
13. Pour a small amount of the resulting sauce on the bottom of the mold, then stuff the shells and put them on top of the sauce.
14. Pour the remaining sauce over the pasta.
15. We rub the cheese on a coarse grater and sprinkle with shells.
16. Cover the form with foil.
17. In an oven preheated at 200 degrees, we send the baking dish for half an hour. Sprinkle the finished dish with herbs and serve. Bon Appetit!

A simple and delicious recipe for pasta shells with minced meat in tomato sauce

What goes best with pasta? Tomato sauce, of course. Therefore, in this recipe, we will tell you how to cook hearty stuffed shells in tomato sauce with sour cream.

Cooking time: 55 min.

Cooking time: 15 min.

Servings - 5.

Ingredients:

• Large shells - 400 gr.
• Minced meat - 700 gr.
• Bulb onions - 2 pcs.
• Carrots - 2 pcs.
• Tomato paste - 2 tablespoons
• Vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons
• Granulated sugar - 1 tablespoon
• Sour cream 30% - 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Ground black pepper - to taste
• Dried basil - to taste
• Cilantro to taste
• Hmeli-suneli - to taste

Cooking process:

1. We prepare the main ingredient - large shell pasta.
2. Cut the onion into small squares.
3. Cut 1 carrot with the same squares.
4. Mix carrots and onions with minced meat, salt and pepper it.
5. Let's start stuffing shells.
6. Pour water into a saucepan and bring to a boil.
7. Add a little salt to boiling water and send pasta to boil over medium heat.
8. Cook the shells for about 3 minutes and drain 2/3 of the broth.
9. Cut the remaining onion into half rings, and the remaining carrots into strips.
10. Simmer onions with carrots in a little water for a couple of minutes. Then add the tomato paste and stir.
11. Add sour cream, sugar, suneli hops, basil, cilantro, salt and a little vegetable oil to the sauce and simmer for 4 minutes.
12. Pour the sauce onto the shells and mix.
13. The stuffed shells are ready. Bon Appetit!

Juicy stuffed seashells in a slow cooker

An easy and enjoyable recipe for making stuffed shells in a slow cooker. The pasta is soft, steamed, and the meat is juicy. Such a dish will not lose its excellent taste even when reheated and can delight you for several days.

Cooking time: 60 min.

Cooking time: 15 min.

Servings - 4.

Ingredients:

• Large shells - 11 pcs.
• Pork tenderloin - 350 gr.
• Bulb onions - 1 pc.
• Hard cheese - 50 gr.
• Bay leaf - 1 pc.
• Water - 2 tbsp.
• Salt to taste
• Ground coriander - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. We wash the pork tenderloin under cold water, then cut into pieces and grind with a meat grinder.
2. We peel the onions, rinse them with water and cut them into small pieces.
3. Pour the onion into the minced meat and mix everything until smooth.
4. Salt the minced meat, add ground coriander and stir well.
5. Fill the shells with minced meat.
6. We put stuffed shells in a dry multicooker bowl.
7. Pour hot, slightly salted water into a bowl. Add bay leaves.
8. We close the multicooker, select the Baking program for half an hour.
9. We grate the cheese and sprinkle with shells. Leave them covered for 10 minutes to melt the cheese.
10. The stuffed shells are ready to serve. Bon Appetit!

Stuffed shells in béchamel sauce

Everyone loves lasagna, but you can achieve a similar taste without special sheets. We offer a recipe for hearty pasta-shells with minced meat baked in béchamel sauce, which your home will definitely like.

Cooking time: 60 min.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Servings - 4.

Ingredients:

• Large shells - 250 gr.
• Beef - 300 gr.
• Parmesan - 60 gr.
• Flour - 1 tablespoon
• Milk - 100 ml.
• Butter - 1 tablespoon
• Olive oil - 4 tablespoons
• Tomatoes in their own juice - 7 tablespoons
• Garlic - 2 cloves
• Bulb onions - 1 pc.
• Salt to taste
• Ground black pepper - to taste
• Nutmeg - to taste

Cooking process:

1. Boil the shells in salted water for 5 minutes, then drain the water and rinse the pasta.
2. Peel and finely chop the onion.
3. Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil and fry the onion until golden brown.
4. Peel and grind the garlic.
5. We pass the meat through a meat grinder.
6. Add minced meat and garlic to the onion. Salt, pepper and mix everything well. Fry the minced meat until tender.
7. Let's start with the sauce. To do this, melt butter in a frying pan, add flour and brew the mixture, stirring occasionally. Gradually add the milk, while continuing to stir, so that the sauce is homogeneous. Add nutmeg.
8. Grate Parmesan on a coarse grater.
9. Put the tomatoes in a baking dish, salt and pepper them and sprinkle with olive oil.
10. Pour half of the béchamel sauce into the minced meat and stir.
11. We stuff the shells and put them in a mold on top of the tomatoes.
12. Pour the remaining sauce over everything, sprinkle with cheese and drizzle with olive oil. We bake the shells in a preheated oven for 15 minutes.