Easy Baked Manicotti
"This is a satisfying meatless meal that is very easy to make. You could make it with meat sauce if you like. Serve it with a salad, some good garlic bread and a glass of red wine. I got this from a local retirement community cookbook."
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 12 large manicotti
- 4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
- 2 cups ricotta cheese
- 2 tablespoons dried basil
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 (26 ounce) jar of prepared spaghetti sauce, divided
- 1⁄2 cup grated parmesan cheese or 1/2 cup romano cheese
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray a 13x9 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- Cook pasta according to package directions (I cook until ala dente).
- Let pasta dry on paper towels.
- For filling,in medium bowl, stir together 3 cups mozzarella with the ricotta, basil,garlic, and pinch of salt.
- Using a teaspoon, carefully stuff pasta shells with cheese mixture.
- Spoon 2 cups spaghetti sauce into prepared baking dish.
- Arrange stuffed shells over sauce.
- Pour remaining sauce over pasta.
- Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella.
- Bake Manicotti for 15-20 minutes.
- Sprinkle with the Parmesan and bake 10 more minutes.
- Serve immediately.
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Reviews
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A perfectly nice, comforting manicotti. So simple to put together. I like using the plastic bag-with-a-corner-snipped-off method for stuffing the manicotti. Thanks Little Bee, the leftovers are going in the freezer for the next I'm too tired to cook night.
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Little Bee
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I am happily married to my best friend and we just bought our first house! No kids but we have 2 little dogs that we think the world of. I was born in California and although I have been on the East Coast for most of my life I am still displaced! I love the beach and hate the cold! In our free time we love to go to the beach or the mountains and hike or intertube down the lazy Shenendoah River. It is so beautiful there! I have loved to cook all of my life and will read cookbooks like they are novels!
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