Saucy Manicotti
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- Number of Servings: 7
Ingredients
3/4 LB of Italian Sausage3/4 LB ground beef1 large onion, chopped5 garlic cloves2 (15 0z) cans tomato sauce1 (28 oz) can crushed tomatoes1 TBSP dried italian seasoning1 (8-oz) package of manicotti shells1 (8 oz) cream cheese with chives and onions5 cups (20 oz) mozzarella cheese, divided3/4 cup shredded parmesan cheese1 (15 oz) ricotta cheese 4 garlic cloves3/4 TSP pepper Garnish: parsley, parmesan cheese
discard casing from sausage. Cook sausage, beef, onion, and garlic in a large skillet over medium heat. stir until sausage and beef crumble and are no longer pink. Drain.
Return meat to skillet, stir in tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes, and italian seasioning. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer, stirring occasionally. 30 minutes.
While sauce simmers, cook pasta shells.
Stir together cream cheese, 4 cups mozzarella, and next 4 ingredients. Stuff evenly into shells. (You can pipe mixture into shells)
Spoon half sauce evenly into 2 greased 13x9 inch baking dish. Arrange stuffed shells over sauce, and top with remaining sauce.
Cover and bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Incover and sprinkle with remaining 1 cup mozzarella. Bake 10 more minutes until cheese melts. let stand 5 minutes before serving. Garnish if desired.
Yields: 7 servings.
Number of Servings: 7
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MARCIELINN.
Return meat to skillet, stir in tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes, and italian seasioning. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer, stirring occasionally. 30 minutes.
While sauce simmers, cook pasta shells.
Stir together cream cheese, 4 cups mozzarella, and next 4 ingredients. Stuff evenly into shells. (You can pipe mixture into shells)
Spoon half sauce evenly into 2 greased 13x9 inch baking dish. Arrange stuffed shells over sauce, and top with remaining sauce.
Cover and bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Incover and sprinkle with remaining 1 cup mozzarella. Bake 10 more minutes until cheese melts. let stand 5 minutes before serving. Garnish if desired.
Yields: 7 servings.
Number of Servings: 7
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MARCIELINN.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 913.0
- Total Fat: 62.1 g
- Cholesterol: 200.7 mg
- Sodium: 2,036.9 mg
- Total Carbs: 35.3 g
- Dietary Fiber: 4.5 g
- Protein: 55.2 g
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