Beef Stuffed Manicotti
1 – 8 oz. package Ricotta cheese
1 – 8 oz. package Mozzarella cheese
1/2 c. Parmesan cheese
2 eggs
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil (we like basil a lot — you may want to use less if you’re not a huge basil fan)
fresh parsley, chopped (however much you want)
fresh ground black pepper (I use about 2 tsp.)
1 tsp. salt
1 pound ground beef
1 jar spaghetti sauce (I used leftover sauce from our spaghetti on Sunday)
12 manicotti shells
1/2 c. Parmesan cheese
Brown ground beef and drain. Save out about 3/4 c. of the ground beef. Crumble that portion very fine. I usually mash it with a fork.
Cook manicotti in salted boiling water til tender.
In a large bowl, mix Ricotta, 1/2 c. Parmesan, Mozzarella, 2 eggs, basil, parsley, salt and pepper. Add in the 3/4 c. crumbled ground beef.
Mix the remaining ground beef with the spaghetti sauce. Spread into the bottom of a baking dish, reserving just a little to spoon over the manicotti.
Stuff the manicotti shells with the cheese mixture. Place in the backing dish on top of the spaghetti/meat sauce. Spoon the remaining sauce over the manicotti.
Cover and bake at 350 for 35 – 40 minutes. Top with remaining Parmesan cheese. Bake uncovered 5 minutes or until cheese melts.
We’ve had this dish often and we love it.
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oh we love manicotti! I found a recipe for the no-boil kind. Its nice not to have to precook them. I have never had any trouble with them being under cooked. thanks for all the recipes! My family thanks you too! HA! (think they are telling me something???)
Thanks for sharing this recipe! It will be tomorrow nights dinner. I do stuffed manicotti with chicken tenders, using the no bake manicotti.
OOOOOOO…….I love this recipe!!! No comments yet from Vince about the constant ground beef??? (Maybe his work people who read the blog DID tell him….in which case you will run OUT of ground beef before he says anything….LOL)
Judy, are you sure you weren’t born in NY? You sure cook like a native New Yorker, lol. I’m going to have to give this recipe a try-we love manicotti. I wonder how it’ll taste with ground turkey? Hmm…………………….
Thanks for sharing so much of yourself with the rest of us.
I’m a day voter…Good luck today. Manicotti is one of our family favorites. Garlic bread on the side of course!!
I’ll be over for dinner.
Pat
I didn’t submit my guess, but I’m rooting for Day 8 to be the end of the ground beef run. But — all the meals sound so good that I would be happy to be a guest at your table.