Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Manicotti
Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Manicotti

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, spinach and cheese stuffed manicotti. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Repeat with remaining manicotti and fill the pan with the stuffed shells, until you run out of shells and filling. Cover with a generous layer of marinara Pop open a bottle of red wine and eat! This is a wonderfully cheesy manicotti recipe made easier by not having to cook the shells first. In a large bowl, mix spinach, cheeses, eggs, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, salt and pepper.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have spinach and cheese stuffed manicotti using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Manicotti:
  1. Prepare 10 oz Frozen Spinach (thawed completely and squeezed dry)
  2. Prepare 8 oz Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
  3. Make ready 15 oz Ricotta (or you could use cottage cheese instead)
  4. Prepare 4 oz Cream Cheese
  5. Take 1/2 cup Shredded Romano or Parmesan Cheese
  6. Get 2 large Eggs
  7. Prepare 1/2 tsp Salt
  8. Get 1/2 tsp Pepper
  9. Get 1 box (12-14 Shells) Manicotti Noodles (DO NOT COOK NOODLES)
  10. Get 4 cup Marinara Sauce
  11. Get 1/2 cup Shredded Romano or Parmesan Cheese (for topping)
  12. Take OPTIONAL:
  13. Take 1 lb Ground Beef

This spinach stuffed manicotti recipe is SO good, and the garlicky tomato sauce goes SO well with the ricotta, Parmesan, and spinach stuffed into these very large pasta shells. Did I forget to say that it is a very easy recipe? Stuffed with mushrooms, leafy spinach, Ricotta cheese, and topped with traditional Marinara pasta sauce, this is a classic baked manicotti recipe. Mushroom, Cheese & Spinach Manicotti Recipe

Instructions to make Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Manicotti:
  1. Preheat oven to 350°
  2. If adding ground beef, brown and drain fat.
  3. In a large bowl; mix spinach, cheeses, eggs, salt and pepper (and ground beef if added).
  4. Place about 1 1/2 cups of marinara sauce in 9x13 inch pan. Spread it around to cover the bottom.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.)
  8. 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.
  9. Remove foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes.

Stuffed with mushrooms, leafy spinach, Ricotta cheese, and topped with traditional Marinara pasta sauce, this is a classic baked manicotti recipe. Mushroom, Cheese & Spinach Manicotti Recipe These spinach and cheese manicotti are filled with three cheeses - ricotta, mozzarella and parmesan, then topped with homemade sauce. They are both very similar, the only difference is manicotti, is a filled crepe or "crespelle" rather than pasta. Cannelloni, can be stuffed with the same.

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