One of the folk in my swim class (cancelled now by COVID-19) had me laughing when we discussed our Christmas holidays, "I've lived for 83 years without ever making a Bûche de Noël, and it will be another 83 years before I ever try that again!" Well, I haven't lived quite as long, but this winter lets me identify two "I Don't Have to Do That Again" experiences.
The latest to get on the never-list is stuffed shells.
I like them, and I ran into a sale on the Jumbo Shells.
I was already making a pot of pasta sauce with sausage, beef, mushrooms, and our own heirloom tomatoes we canned forever ago.
So I got out my super-duper lasagna pan got ready.
I added the shells to a pot of boiling salted water:
They recommend only cooking them for 9 minutes so they are still too "al dente" to enjoy,
and then drain them on a cookie sheet until cool enough to handle.
In the meantime, I mixed ricotta, herbs, parmesan, and mozzarella:
Then it was time to stuff the shells. This is a bit of a messy job.
I had enough cheese made for about 2/3 of the shells, so I just added the rest of the hollow shells to the pan and baked everything, covered with foil, for 40 minutes. Then I uncovered it and sauced it and added mozzarella cheese.
Sadly, the result has about the same visual appeal as the lasagna.
It did taste good, but the looks. . .
I Don't Have to Do That Again. . . .
You can see the earlier
"don't have to"
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