Basic Manicotti
September 3, 2019 Lee
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Basic Manicotti

This is a basic cheese filled and baked manicotti. I did not boil the noodles first, I filled them dry and they cooked in the sauce. Link to the shortcut is listed in the Recipe Notes section.
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Main Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 7 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 1 box manicotti shells, (14 shells)
  • 3 cups Ricotta cheese, or cottage cheese, (24 oz / 1 lb 8 oz / 680 g)
  • 250 grams Mozzarella Cheese, shredded, (8 oz)
  • 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
  • 2 eggs, chicken or duck
  • 1 teaspoon dried parsley
  • salt and pepper, as desired, to taste
  • 4 cups spaghetti sauce, Shortcut

Instructions
 

  • In a large mixing bowl, add the all the Ricotta, Mozzarella, and 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, eggs, parsley, salt and pepper. Mix together.
  • Preheat your oven to 180 C (350 F) and get out a 9x13 baking dish. Add 1 cup of spaghetti sauce to the bottom of the baking dish and make sure it is spread out.
  • Using either a piping bag with a nozzle that will fit inside the end of a manacotti shell, or a small spoon that will fit inside (this is the method I used), pipe the cheese filling into a dry manicotti shell or fill with a small spoon, and place that into the baking dish. Continue to fill shells and arrange in the baking dish.
  • Top with remaining spaghetti sauce and sprinkle on the remaining Parmesan cheese.
  • As a Variant, sprinkle with some shredded Mozzarella cheese then top with slices of Provolone cheese (recommended and is the method I used).
  • Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes. Remove foil and bake for 15 minutes more.
  • Serve and enjoy.

Notes

I will price this when I make it the first time to sort out the ingredient amounts. For now I will say Low cost per serving.
Shortcut: Spaghetti Sauce.
Variants: 1. Add onion and or garlic powder to the filling. 2. Add 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg to the filling. 3. Add 1/4 cup Marscapone cheese to the filling. 4. Use a Alfredo sauce instead of a tomato sauce. 5. Sprinkle some shredded Mozzarella cheese on top of the sauce and top that with sliced Provolone (highly recommended).
Adapted from an internet recipe.
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    5 stars
    I verified the ingredient amounts and the dry method of using the shells, everything is 100% perfect. This dish was well liked! Highly recommended.

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