Grand Prize Winner: “Spicy Sausage-Stuffed Baked Pasta Shells In Creamy Tomato Sauce “
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Ok, ok, – just kidding.
Its only day 2 of 2017, and there is no 2017 “Baked Stuffed Pasta World Cup”, so I made it up 🙂
However, if there were such a thing as the “2017 Baked Stuffed Pasta World Cup”, I would like to believe that this dish would have won in the following categories:
“Taste”, “Presentation”, “Texture” and “Comfort Food” 🙂
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Bon Appétit ! Life is Good !
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Grand Prize Winner At The 2017 “Baked Stuffed Pasta World Cup”
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Grand Prize Winner At The 2017 “Baked Stuffed Pasta World Cup”
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Grand Prize Winner At The 2017 “Baked Stuffed Pasta World Cup”
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- remove and discard casing from 5 ea spicy Italian sausages
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- 8 oz 4 year old aged cheddar
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- spread 2 cup tomato sauce and 1 cup heavy cream over bottom of a baking dish or cast iron pan, add some fresh basil
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- grate half the cheese over the sauce
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- cook 1 lb large pasta shells until pliable, about 4 minutes ) “al dente” would be way too soft), stuff with the spicy sausage
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- arrange stuffed pasta on the sauce
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- sprinkle with 4 oz fresh-grated parmigiano reggiano
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- drizzle 1 cup of tomato sauce and 1 cup of heavy cream over the pasta and cheese
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- top with the rest of the cheddar cheese
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- cover with alu foil, bake at 350F for 45 minutes, until pasta is al dente and sausage is fully cooked
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- remove alu foil
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- sprinkle with 2 cup panko bread crumbs, broil at low heat until crumbs are crisp and golden
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- Grand Prize Winner At The 2017 “Baked Stuffed Pasta World Cup”
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- Grand Prize Winner At The 2017 “Baked Stuffed Pasta World Cup”
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- Grand Prize Winner At The 2017 “Baked Stuffed Pasta World Cup”
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- Grand Prize Winner At The 2017 “Baked Stuffed Pasta World Cup”
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- Grand Prize Winner At The 2017 “Baked Stuffed Pasta World Cup”
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- Grand Prize Winner: “Spicy Sausage-Stuffed Baked Pasta Shells In Creamy Tomato Sauce”
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- Grand Prize Winner At The 2017 “Baked Stuffed Pasta World Cup”
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ChefsOpinion 
Looks like a winner to me!
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Anneli,
it was great. You might want to try it 🙂
Cheers !
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I like nearly everything you’ve posted on this blog. Must be the European in me that loves that kind of food that sticks to your ribs.
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