![]() ![]() ![]() You’ll need 250g / 8 oz for this recipe which serves 5 generously, possibly 6. They are a little more expensive than typical pasta shapes – around $5 for a 500g / 1 lb packet. Jumbo shells (conchiglioni is the proper Italian name) are more readily available these days in Australian grocery stores (Woolies, Coles, Harris Farms) and the primary reason I went on a stuffed shells bender. Sorry for being predictable? □ Jumbo shells (conchiglioni) While there’s many stuffing options for pasta shells, the most popular is probably spinach and ricotta and that’s what I’ve gone with today. No worries about that here, we end up with plenty of tomato sauce for serving! What you need for stuffed pasta shells This method of cooking also deals with another pet-peeve of mine: dry pasta shells. And by the end, that watery sauce reduces down into a lovely thick pasta sauce! Not dissimilar to cooking pasta in a pot of boiling water, actually. The trick is simply to start with a large volume of watery sauce that the pasta shells cook in. It’s the way I’ve been cooking cannelloni/manicotti all my life. There’s no need to suffer through all that! It’s much easier to stuff raw, uncooked pasta shells and cook them in the oven simply by covering them in a LOT of sauce. Slipper suckers that they are, and they break so easily. I don’t know if you’ve ever tried, but stuffing hot cooked pasta shells is a nightmare. Serve with a Mega Italian Salad and garlic bread for the perfect dinner. These jumbo shells, called conchiglioni in Italian, are stuffed with spinach and ricotta. Such a pain messing around with hot floppy shells! Just bake in loads of sauce and they’ll cook in the oven. Cob Dominos is a truly wonderful and unique album, delivering all of the quirky charm and sonic thrills we've come to expect from a band who have continued to go from strength to strength and cement their reputation as one of the most genuinely exciting and essential bands around today.There’s no need to pre-cook shells before you stuff them. The Lovely Eggs have become well known for their live performances and have played everywhere from Amsterdam squats and Los Angeles scrap yards to steam trains in Ripley and charity shops in Leeds. Also festival appearances at The Secret Garden Party, Shambala, Solfest & Beatherder. In the last 2 years the band have played hundreds of gigs around the UK, USA & Europe supporting the likes of Shonen Knife, The Slits, The Television Personalities & Eddie Argos as well as a 2 month tour of America. Their debut album If You Were Fruit ranked in the top 40 records of 2009 by Artrocker and was nominated for XFM's 'Debut Album of the Year'. ![]() The band have enjoyed press from Artrocker Magazine, The Guardian, Maximum Rock and Roll & Everett True. Last year the pair were invited to perform 5 shows at SXSW in Austin Texas, where they also recorded with legendary cult musician and artist Jad Fair. ![]() Occasionally satirical and often surreal The Lovely Eggs won't deliver a straightforward love song to your door, instead you'll be taken on a journey into Holly & David's world where there are no seatbelts! Receiving airplay from Huw Stephens, Steve Lamacq, Marc Riley, Rob Da Bank, Tom Robinson, Gideon Coe & John Kennedy, The Lovely Eggs have recorded sessions for BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music & XFM. Inspired by everyday life, coupled with a fierce ethos that music should be about magic and art and feeling and fun, the Lancashire duo have more in common with writer Richard Brautigan & artist David Shrigley than they do with their musical peers. Described as unhinged, strange, bizarre, cuckoo and howling mad but with a growing army of fans including Radio One's Huw Stephens and Art Brut's Eddie Argos you'd be crazy not to fall in love with their underground grunge-pop sound. The second album on the band's own label. ![]()
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