Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, spinach and cheese stuffed manicotti. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Manicotti is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Manicotti is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have spinach and cheese stuffed manicotti using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Manicotti:
- Prepare Frozen Spinach (thawed completely and squeezed dry)
- Get Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
- Make ready Ricotta (or you could use cottage cheese instead)
- Prepare Cream Cheese
- Get Shredded Romano or Parmesan Cheese
- Make ready Eggs
- Prepare Salt
- Prepare Pepper
- Make ready (12-14 Shells) Manicotti Noodles (DO NOT COOK NOODLES)
- Prepare Marinara Sauce
- Get Shredded Romano or Parmesan Cheese (for topping)
- Make ready OPTIONAL:
- Make ready 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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