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DeDee's Manicotti
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DeDee FreemanDeDee's Manicotti
Manicotti variations are basically in the way you make your stuffing and what kind of sauce you use. For this recipe, I'm using sausage and spinach stuffing, in Manicotti pasta shells. For the sauce, I'm using homemade spaghetti sauce made from ripe tomatoes from our family garden, (recipe for the sauce to come later.) This recipe is rather large and can feed up to ten or twelve people. You may want to shorten it to your liking or wait for a large family gathering. The sauce is thick and zesty with lots of cheese. Enjoy, and be sure to like and follow me for more recipes.
Ingredient
Food ration :
10 to 12 servingsCooking time :
1 hour 30 minutes
3 boxes
Manicotti pasta shells
2 (32 oz)
tubs ricotta cheese
2 (12 oz)
cans of tomato paste
4 cans (2.25 oz)
black olives (sliced)
2 quarts
spaghetti sauce
1 bag (10 oz)
fresh spinach
2 lbs
Italian sausage
1 tbls
Italian seasoning
1 tub (5 oz)
shredded parmesan cheese
Cooking instructions
* Step 1
In a skillet cook the two pounds of sausage and chop to a very fine consistency. Then set aside to cool.
* Step 2
In a food processor, finely chop the spinach, black olives, and cooked sausage that has cooled. It has to be fine enough to be able to go through a cake funnel or injector to stuff the pasta (Manicotti shells.)
* Step 3
In a large bowl incorporate all the fine-stuffing ingredients with the ricotta cheese. This would be a good time to add any salt, pepper, garlic powder or finely chopped garlic cloves
* Step 4
Mix the two cans of tomato paste with your spaghetti sauce to thicken it
* Step 5
Finely chop, by hand, one cup onion chives and parsley
* Step 6
In a very large casserole pan, put a layer of spaghetti sauce in the bottom. Stuff the (un-cooked Manicotti shells) with the ricotta cheese mixture using a cake funnel or injector and lay over the top of the spaghetti sauce. Sprinkle with some mozzarella cheese
* Step 7
You may want to use an additional casserole pan and repeat this process to compensate for the large amount of ingredients
* Step 8
Add another layer of spaghetti sauce. Sprinkle chives, parsley and a generous amount of mozzarella cheese and parmezan cheese. Cover with tin foil and bake at 450° for approximately one hour.
* Step 9
Uncover and bake an additional half hour or until cheese begins to golden. Set aside for fifteen minutes to cool and then serve with garlic bread
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