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Make Ahead Manicotti
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Sandir
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"I have used this basic principle and adapted it to make stuffed shells and lasagna. If making lasagna, I buy a second, smaller jar of spaghetti sauce. I always feel like I need a bit more. Merry Manicotti!"
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PREP TIME
30 Min
COOK TIME
1 Hr
READY IN
1 Hr 30 Min
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1 pint ricotta cheese
2 eggs
1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 1/2 tablespoons white sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
12 manicotti shells
1 (32 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce
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DIRECTIONS
In a medium bowl, mix together ricotta cheese and eggs until blended. Stir in spinach, mozzarella cheese, 1/4 cup of the Parmesan cheese, sugar, salt and pepper. Stuff mixture into uncooked pasta shells.
Spread 1/2 cup spaghetti sauce in the bottom of a medium baking dish. Arrange stuffed pasta shells in a single layer over the sauce. Pour the remainder of the sauce over the shells, cover dish, and chill in the refrigerator for 8 hours, or overnight.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Bake covered for 40 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan cheese, and bake for another 15 minutes.
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Reviewed on Jan. 29, 2003 by LAQ1013
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Jan. 29, 2003
I was VERY disappointed with this dish! Served it last night for dinner guests, and was sad to see they didn't clean their plates! I found this dish to be dry. The long cooking time is required to cook the noodles, but by the time the noodles are done, the sauce and filling was dry and crusty. THUMBS DOWN...
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I was VERY disappointed with this dish! Served it last night for dinner guests, and was sad...
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Reviewed on May 3, 2004 by TRINITIK
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TRINITIK
May 3, 2004
Came out perfect.......way easier than trying to stuff cooked shells with filling. Also, to make it easier on me I put filling ingredients in a zip lock bag, snip one corner with the scissors and squeeze into the shells.
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16 users found this review helpful
Came out perfect.......way easier than trying to stuff cooked shells with filling. Also, to...
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Reviewed on Oct. 1, 2003 by BECBEC
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BECBEC
Oct. 1, 2003
A WINNER! I made only a few chamges....I used 2 jars of sauce in their entirety; halved the amount of spinach called for and added a half pound of sweet Italian sausage (crumbled and browned)to the filling. We are hosting a dinner party next month and this recipe will be on the menu for sure. My Italian husband pronounced this a "keeper" (trust me, HIGH praise!).
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A WINNER! I made only a few chamges....I used 2 jars of sauce in their entirety; halved the...
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Reviewed on Jan. 18, 2007 by
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Jan. 18, 2007
Very simple and very tasty! I recommend putting the filling mixture in a large ziplock bag and cutting a corner off so you have a "pastry bag" type thing to pipe the filling in.
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12 users found this review helpful
Very simple and very tasty! I recommend putting the filling mixture in a large ziplock bag...
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Reviewed on Jan. 24, 2005 by
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Jan. 24, 2005
Recipe was easy, the sugar must have brought out the cheese flavor?? I used a combination of ricotta and cottage cheese and used only about 8 oz of spinach and more sauce. I also made a whole bunch of "make ahead" by stuffing the manicotti and kept them in the plastic tray that came with the manicotti and into ziplock bags. I left the make ahead stuff (without the tomato sauce) in the fridge overnight and then put them in the freezer. To rehead: take out the frozen manicotti and cover it in the tomato sauce the evening before to let it thraw and cook it according to the recipe direction, my husband and his family raved about it, even the kids ate it!
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Recipe was easy, the sugar must have brought out the cheese flavor?? I used a combination of...
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Reviewed on Apr. 23, 2004 by ANGELJUPITER
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Apr. 23, 2004
This is a wonderful recipe. I would suggest, depending on your taste buds, decide if you would prefer a sweeter Manicotti or not, the sugar did not agree with my taste for Manicotti. If people think it has a bland taste, it not just about the taste, it's supposed to be mild on flavor. It's more about texture. I added Cottage cheese, because my hubby loves it. And I could see from the start that one jar of sauce just wouldn't due. I love lots of sauce so I used two. I noticed that the spinach kept the mixture moister longer, so this is good recipe for a nice moist Manicotti. I pre-boiled my noodles as well, for about 3-5 min. to get them prep and ready (I was in a rush to get it done). The noodles were still hard enough for me to put the mixture in. I used one of those cake-frosting bags. I was nervous about that and by the end there was a bit of a mess, but I got those shells full! :) I would make this again without the sugar completely and use more cheese!! Lots more!! To thicken the sauce, add a little Parmesan before you put it in the oven to bake. Don't forget the Italian sausage. I bake those before I bake the Manicotti. This way you don't have unwanted grease in your Manicotti. After I take the cover off I bake the sausage with the Manicotti for the 15 minutes. Yummy!!
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This is a wonderful recipe. I would suggest, depending on your taste buds, decide if you would...
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Reviewed on Sep. 11, 2003 by
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Sep. 11, 2003
Average. Sugar made it too sweet and I would cut back a little on the spinach. Use plenty of sauce as it tends to be dry.
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Average. Sugar made it too sweet and I would cut back a little on the spinach. Use plenty of...
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Reviewed on Jul. 15, 2003 by Shelley Waits
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Shelley Waits
Jul. 15, 2003
This was nice and easy. I used mild Italian sausage but will use HOT Italian next time because it turned out a little bland. This was good manicotti - not excellent - but I gave it four stars becuase it was so quick and easy and you can make it a day ahead of time if you know that you're going to be in a pinch.
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This was nice and easy. I used mild Italian sausage but will use HOT Italian next time...
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Reviewed on Mar. 20, 2007 by
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Mar. 20, 2007
I loved this recipe! It takes just a few minutes to prepare and stuff the shells and best of all it doesn't create a huge mess in the kitchen if you do it before bed like I did. Like another person said, I would add more sauce as it cooks because the noodles on the outside got a bit tough. It called for 12 shells and I used the entire package as there were only a few more than 12 and I had plenty of the cheese mixture. For those not so fond of spinach, like my husband, he recommends using half the spinach or better yet none. He thought it would have been good with just the cheese mixture and then adding ground beef to the sauce. So next time I make this, I might split the cheese mixture in half and use spinach only on my half. I could make 2 dishes with half spinach and half plain cheese and try freezing one. This is also a great dish if you need to deliver a meal to someone in snap.
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I loved this recipe! It takes just a few minutes to prepare and stuff the shells and best of...
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