This recipe for Butternut Squash Stuffed Shells is a fabulous, easy-to-make dinner that is perfect for the fall and winter months. I’ve shared a video toward the end of this post that shows you how to make this recipe, and then you can scroll to the end to print out the complete recipe and make this at home.
I love it when I can come up with an easy recipe that my family will love. My husband and son would eat stuffed shells every night if I made them. This recipe has a fabulous base of cheese and butternut squash stuffed shells, but the most distinctive flavor comes from the sauce.
In this post, I’m sharing about CLASSICO Riserva sauces. This is truly a restaurant-quality sauce at price that is much more reasonable than comparable restaurant quality sauces– which can be upwards of $8-10/jar. You’ll see stamped right on the jar that there are no artificial ingredients or sugar added. And I love that there is a short list of high-quality ingredients too. You know what you’re getting in your pasta sauce!
Here’s what you’ll need for the whole recipe:
cooked pasta shells ricotta cheese Parmesan cheese + either Mozzarella or Havarti cream cheese chopped fresh sage butternut squash CLASSICO Riserva Marinara Sauce
The cheeses are combined with the butternut squash and the sage + a little salt and pepper.
That makes the filling for the shells- which you can stuff generously. The recipe makes about 20 stuffed shells– which will feed about 6 people. The shells sit on a half-jar of the sauce.
The other half of the sauce is drizzled along the top.
And some extra cheeses are sprinkled on top. Cover your assembled, stuffed shells with foil, and bake for just 35 minutes. That’s a good amount of time to get your salad ready and open a bottle of wine.
I used shredded Havarti cheese instead of classic Mozzarella for this recipe. I love that Havarti is such a nice melting cheese, and it worked well in this recipe. Mozzarella works great too though, so it’s up to you.
As I mentioned before, the sauce is the star of the recipe. Clean ingredients really add great flavor to this pasta dish. The CLASSICO Riserva really is a great tasting, authentic-style pasta sauce. The butternut squash adds some extra texture to the filling. And it’s nice to be able to sneak a little veggie in there too. It softens up when it bakes in the sauce.
Stuffed pasta shells are pretty filling. I’d say about three shells is plenty to eat for dinner for the average person. My boys each ate four, but they’re hungry guys!
These Butternut Squash Stuffed Shells make a great weeknight dinner, and they’re perfect for a special occasion dinner too. We always make substantial pasta dishes over the holidays when we have a lot of family around, and I know they’re going to love this one!
CLICK BELOW to view a short video showing you how to make this recipe, then scroll to the end of this post to print out the complete recipe.
Here are a few more stuffed shell recipes you might enjoy:
Spinach- Ricotta Stuffed Shells by Baked By Rachel Low Fat Stuffed Shells by Recipe Girl Ravioli Stuffed Shells by Mantitlement Chicken and Spinach Stuffed Shells by The Girl Who Ate Everything
