Baked Spinach-Stuffed Shells : The Product

So we get to the assembly.

The whole thing is kinda obvious but the CC felt it best to adopt the best techniques of tee-vee writers, and leave a cliffhanger. Keeps the folks coming back for more, and saves the CC's job, okay? OKAY.

Ingredients

pasta shells
more grated mozzarella

Recipe

First up, you need to cook the shells in salted water until they are just under al dente. Remember we are gonna finish this off by baking so don't overcook them.

The CC can't really help with times because each make is just different enough. The CC finds out by fishing out at various intervals, and tasting, and remembering the various numbers. You must too.

Sounds ridiculous though, doesn't it?

The cooked shells stuffed with the stuffing.

Pour the sauce all over it so that everything is drenched in the liquid. Cover with the rest of the shredded mozzarella.

Bake in a 350F oven UNCOVERED until the mozzarella starts to brown. The CC initially thought it was going to be roughly 20 minutes but it was closer to 40 so clearly the CC hasn't the faintest freakin' clue. Neither will you. Just keep peeking, okay? OKAY.

The browned cheese is Master Maillard in action but y'all knew that, right?

Baked spinach-stuffed shells