Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, spinach and cheese stuffed manicotti. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Manicotti is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Manicotti is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook spinach and cheese stuffed manicotti using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Manicotti:
- Make ready 10 oz Frozen Spinach (thawed completely and squeezed dry)
- Get 8 oz Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
- Take 15 oz Ricotta (or you could use cottage cheese instead)
- Prepare 4 oz Cream Cheese
- Get 1/2 cup Shredded Romano or Parmesan Cheese
- Make ready 2 large Eggs
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Salt
- Get 1/2 tsp Pepper
- Get 1 box (12-14 Shells) Manicotti Noodles (DO NOT COOK NOODLES)
- Prepare 4 cup Marinara Sauce
- Get 1/2 cup Shredded Romano or Parmesan Cheese (for topping)
- Prepare OPTIONAL:
- Prepare 1 lb Ground Beef
Instructions to make Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Manicotti:
- Preheat oven to 350°
- If adding ground beef, brown and drain fat.
- In a large bowl; mix spinach, cheeses, eggs, salt and pepper (and ground beef if added).
- Place about 1 1/2 cups of marinara sauce in 9x13 inch pan. Spread it around to cover the bottom.
- Put 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 stuffed shells, until you run out of shells and filling. (You should be able to fill 12-14 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. Sprinkle 1/2 cup Romano/Parmesan cheese on top. Cover with foil and place it in the oven for 50 minutes.
- Remove foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes.
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