Recipe: Yummy Stuffed Manicotti with Meat Sauce

Stuffed Manicotti with Meat Sauce. Ladle a thin layer of meat sauce into a large casserole dish. Spoon ricotta mixture into each manicotti tube and place in casserole dish. Top with meat sauce and sprinkle remaining cheese on top.

Spoon tomato sauce in bottom of dish to cover. Place stuffed shells in dish to completely fill. Drain shells and rinse in cold water. You can have Stuffed Manicotti with Meat Sauce using 17 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Stuffed Manicotti with Meat Sauce

1. You need of Meat Sauce:.
2. It's 1 lb. of hamburger.
3. You need 1 of small onion, diced.
4. Prepare 1 jar of spaghetti sauce.
5. You need of Seasonings of choice: garlic powder, pepper, Italian seasoning.
6. It's of Manicotti:.
7. You need 10-12 of Manicotti pasta tubes.
8. It's 2 cups of Ricotta Cheese.
9. You need 1/2 cup of grated parmesan cheese.
10. It's 1 of egg.
11. You need 1 Tbsp. of dried parsley.
12. You need 1 tsp. of Italian Seasoning.
13. It's 1/2 tsp. of garlic powder.
14. It's 1/4 tsp. of black pepper.
15. It's of Topping:.
16. It's 1 1/2 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese.
17. Prepare 1/4 cup of grated parmesan cheese.

Stir the mozzarella cheese, cream cheese and salt into meat mixture. Fill the manicotti with the cheese-meat mixture. Arrange the stuffed pasta in a single layer in the prepared dish and. Four Cheese Manicotti is a wonderful dish to make for company or even to make ahead and reheat for later.

Stuffed Manicotti with Meat Sauce instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cook hamburger along with onion and seasonings of choice until browned; drain and return to pot. Add in spaghetti sauce and set aside..
2. In a large bowl combine ricotta cheese, parmesan cheese, egg and all seasonings until well combined..
3. Place in a gallon size ziplock bag and snip a corner off the bottom to make a piping bag..
4. Grease a 9x13 baking dish and place half of the meat mixture in the bottom, spreading evenly..
5. Pipe the ricotta mixture into the Manicotti tubes one at a time and place on top of meat mixture. You will repeat this process until you are out of ricotta. I usually end up between 10 and 12..
6. Top with remaining meat mixture..
7. Cover with foil and bake for 40 minutes..
8. Remove foil, top with cheeses and return to oven for additional 10 minutes or until hot and bubbly..
9. Enjoy!.

A blend of four types of cheese is stuffed in large manicotti shells and baked with a rich meat sauce. Enjoy this classic Italian dish anytime. Some dishes just ooze comfort, and one of them is homemade four cheese manicotti. Fill each manicotti with the cheese filling and place them in the baking dish. Pour the rest of the sauce over the top of the pasta.