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Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Manicotti Recipe.
You can cook Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Manicotti using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Manicotti
- It’s 10 oz of Frozen Spinach (thawed completely and squeezed dry).
- Prepare 8 oz of Shredded Mozzarella Cheese.
- Take 15 oz of Ricotta (or you could use cottage cheese instead).
- Make ready 4 oz of Cream Cheese.
- It’s 1/2 cup of Shredded Romano or Parmesan Cheese.
- You need 2 large of Eggs.
- Take 1/2 tsp of Salt.
- Make ready 1/2 tsp of Pepper.
- Take 1 box of (12-14 Shells) Manicotti Noodles (DO NOT COOK NOODLES).
- You need 4 cup of Marinara Sauce.
- Make ready 1/2 cup of Shredded Romano or Parmesan Cheese (for topping).
- Make ready of OPTIONAL:.
- You need 1 lb of Ground Beef.
Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Manicotti step by step
- 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..
