#manicotti
Manicotti
Prep Time: 45 mins
Cook Time: 60 mins
Ingredients
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen spinach, thawed completely & squeezed dry
- 8 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
- 15 ounces ricotta cheese
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- ½ cup shredded Romano or Parmesan cheese
- 2 large eggs
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 box (12 to 14 shells) manicotti noodles
- 3 to 4 cups marinara sauce (1 jar + a little more)
- ½ cup shredded Romano or Parmesan cheese, for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, mix spinach, cheeses, eggs, salt and pepper. Stir together until well blended.
- Place about 1 ½ cups of marinara sauce in a 9x13-inch pan. Spread it around to cover the bottom.
- Place the mixed filling into a plastic bag. You can use either a frosting piping bag or a gallon zip bag. Snip the corner, gather the top and squeeze the filling into the corner. Hold an uncooked manicotti shell in your hand and squeeze the filling inside the shell. Let it overflow on both sides. Place the filled shell into the sauce-lined pan. Repeat with remaining manicotti and fill the pan with the stuffed shells, until you run out of shells and filling. You should be able to fill 12 to 14 shells- if you run out of room in your pan, use a separate smaller pan to accommodate the extra.
- Cover the pasta with marinara sauce, using about 2 ½ cups of sauce. Sprinkle ½ cup Romano/Parmesan on top. At this point, you can cover with foil and refrigerate until you’re ready to bake, or you can cover with foil and place it in the oven immediately.
- Bake, covered with foil, 50 minutes. Remove foil and bake an additional 10 minutes.
Notes
- It’s perfectly okay to use low fat ricotta and low fat cream cheese.
- If you don’t wish to use the spinach, it’s ok to leave it out and just turn this into a cheese-stuffed manicotti.
- If you don’t wish to use the plastic bag method of squeezing the filling into the shells, you can use a very small spoon or fork to stuff the filling– it will just take a bit longer and might be a little messy.
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Mexican Manicotti is a wonderful fusion casserole your fa@ily will love! Hamburger taco filling in a Italian noodle. It’s so good!! https://www.homemadefoodjunkie.com/mexican-manicotti-casserole/ #homemadefoodjunkie #foodiesofinstagram #foodporn #foodphotography #yummy #mexicanfood #manicotti #tacofilling #easyrecipes #weeknightdinner #casserole #foodbloggerlife
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This turkey manicotti is amazing - noodles filled with ground turkey in a mushroom cream sauce, then smothered in tomato sauce and cheese and baked.
https://bake-eat-repeat.com/turkey-manicotti-recipe/
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Mani: Not at the moment, MISS Fermicelli. Perhaps another time when I’m not figuring out our finances and configuring your salary.
Irane: I love youuu~
: Heh… Hehe… Hehehehe..! Haha!
[ >:3 Mani, you totes still get that A++! You made Solar laugh, and she NEVER laughs! XD At least that hard. :’D Laughter has a way of… dropping her guard. ]
[ u_u And this is Solar dropping the bomb. ]
: You’re partially right. I do have feelings for him, but not the kind you may suspect. He’s done a lot for me - offered me food, shelter, and wonderful company. Even though I politely turn him down most of the time, I am very grateful for all his generosity. He’ll always be a dear friend of mine, but…
(( 8’D ah..))
Sorry, Solar… I ought to have known better.
[ XDDD BAAAHAHAHAHA! OMG, THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL! Andand it’s a-okay about changing Mani’s hairstyle! /n0n/ I shall change it with you, mwaha! ]
: /// A-ah… Hm… Right, well, we can certainly do that. Perhaps we can continue another afternoon then and call it a day here. Three out of four moves is a good record, and you seem a lot more comfortable as the new you.
((ooooooooohhh Solaaaar~ (:D ))
