Quick Manicotti Italian Recipe

Quick Manicotti Italian Recipe

Ingredients

stuffing for manicotti:

• 3/4 cup ricotta cheese
• 3/4 pound mozarella cheese, diced
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten
• 2 tablespoon butter
• 2 tablespoon freshly grated parmesan
• cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 pinch black pepper

Method

1. Place flour on a pastry board an well in the center
2. Break the eggs into the well and add the water, a little at a time, and the salt
3. Knead for about 10 minutes
4. Let stand, covered, for about 1 hour
5. Cut dough into 4 pieces and roll as thin as you can
6. Cut into rectangles 4 inches wide by 6 inches long
7. Place between pieces of waxed paper
8. You should have about 12 pieces
9. Cook, half at a time, in 4 quarts salted boiling water with olive oul added
10. Cook for 5 minutes
11. Drain and place between 2 towels
12. Divide stuffing into 12 parts
13. Place a mound of stuffing on each dough rectangle about 1/3 inch from a long edge
14. Mound should be about 1/2 inch thick and 1/2 inch wide
15. Fold dough over twice
16. Spread a thin layer of the meat sauce on the bottom of a baking pan
17. Arrange manicotti about 1/4 inch apart in the pan and spoon the rest of the sauce over the top
18. Sprinkle a teaspoon of Parmesan cheese over each of the manicotti
19. Bake in a preheated slow (300 F) oven for 15 to 20 minutes
20. Drain the ricotta cheese
21. Combine all of the ingredients and mix well

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