{"id":5187,"date":"2026-05-18T23:33:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T23:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=5187"},"modified":"2026-05-18T23:33:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T23:33:34","slug":"my-kombuis-cheesy-stuffed-pasta-shells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/my-kombuis-cheesy-stuffed-pasta-shells\/","title":{"rendered":"My Kombuis Cheesy Stuffed Pasta Shells"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>My Kombuis Cheesy Stuffed Pasta Shells<\/h2>\n<p>Big pasta shells stuffed with rich beef mince, covered in a flavourful tomato sauce and loaded with bubbling melted cheese\u2026 this is the kind of comfort food everyone goes back for seconds<\/p>\n<h2>Ingredients:<\/h2>\n<p>250g jumbo pasta shells (conchiglioni)<br \/>\n500g beef mince<br \/>\n1 onion, chopped<br \/>\n2 cloves garlic, crushed<br \/>\n2 cups tomato pasta sauce<br \/>\n1 teaspoon mixed herbs<br \/>\n1 teaspoon paprika<\/p>\n<p>2 cups grated mozzarella or cheddar<br \/>\nSalt and black pepper to taste<br \/>\nFresh parsley for garnish<\/p>\n<p>Prep Time: 20 minutes<br \/>\nBake Time: 25\u201330 minutes<\/p>\n<h2>Method:<\/h2>\n<p>1. Cook the pasta shells until just al dente and drain carefully.<br \/>\n2. Fry the onion and garlic until soft.<br \/>\n3. Add the mince and cook until browned.<br \/>\n4. Stir in the pasta sauce, herbs, paprika, salt and pepper.<br \/>\n5. Fill each pasta shell with the mince mixture.<br \/>\n6. Place into an oven dish with extra sauce underneath.<br \/>\n7. Top with cheese and bake at 180\u00b0C until bubbly and golden.<br \/>\n8. Garnish with fresh parsley and serve warm.<\/p>\n<p>Where to get the pasta shells:<\/p>\n<p>You can usually find these jumbo pasta shells at:<\/p>\n<p>Checkers<br \/>\nWoolworths<br \/>\nSpar<br \/>\nFood Lover\u2019s Market<br \/>\nItalian delis or specialty food stores<\/p>\n<h2>Look for:<\/h2>\n<p>Jumbo Pasta Shells or Conchiglioni Pasta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Kombuis Cheesy Stuffed Pasta Shells Big pasta shells stuffed with rich beef mince, covered in a flavourful tomato sauce&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5189,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5187\/revisions\/5189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}