Seafood Alfredo Stuffed Shells Recipe
It's a perfect union between Seafood Alfredo and Stuffed Shells. Pasta shells stuffed with a mix of shrimp, scallops, crab and cheese, baked in Alfredo sauce.
Servings: 4 12- 14 stuffed shells
Calories: 585kcal
Ingredients
- 12 - 14 cooked jumbo pasta shells
Filling:
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 shallots
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes quartered
- 2 large cloves of garlic minced
- 5 oz claw crab meat
- 4 oz small scallops
- 5 oz shrimp chopped
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- salt
- 1/3 cup diced green onion
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
Alfredo Sauce;
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup full fat sour cream
- 2 garlic cloves pressed
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- salt
- Fresh grated Parmesan for topping
Instructions
- Cook shells until they are almost done and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350℉ and lightly grease a casserole dish.
- In a medium mixing bowl, place diced green onion and Mozzarella cheese.
- In a cooking pan, over medium heat, heat up oil and add diced shallots, chopped tomatoes and minced garlic. Saute veggies until soft and fragrant.
- Add seafood and mix.
- Add lemon juice and salt to taste. Cook just until seafood is done (until shrimp are pink and scallops are white). Add veggie/seafood mixture to the mixing bowl. Mix well.
- You can make Alfredo in the same pan as you cooked seafood.
- Melt butter in the pan and saute garlic just until fragrant. Add heavy cream and sour cream. Carefully whisk until combined with a silicone covered whisk. Bring to simmer.
- Add cheeses and some salt, mix well. Simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Add sauce to the casserole dish.
- Stuff pasta shells with the seafood mixture and carefully place each in the sauce. You can scoop some sauce over the shells as well.
- Grate some Parmesan cheese over the top.
- Bake for 17-20 minutes.
Notes
- Storing: You can store cooled stuffed shells right in the same baking dish. Cover the cooled dish air-tight with food wrap, foil, or a fitted lid and refrigerate. Properly stored, they should last 2-3 days.
- To reheat: be very careful reheating seafood and cream sauce! It's very easy to scald and overheat it. You can reheat in the microwave, just make to reheat in 30-40 second increments and just until heated through.
- You can also reheat in the oven at 350°F. Reheat just until heather through.
Nutrition
Calories: 585kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 49g | Saturated Fat: 28g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 14g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 163mg | Sodium: 861mg | Potassium: 444mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1933IU | Vitamin C: 16mg | Calcium: 370mg | Iron: 1mg