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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 stuffing can be used in anything you want to stuff.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook spinach and cheese stuffed manicotti using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Manicotti:

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

How to make ricotta cheese and spinach filling. 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. Home » Recipes » Main Dish Recipes » Cheese Recipes » Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Manicotti.

Steps 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.

The filling is made with ricotta, mozzarella, Parmesan and chopped spinach and the sauce is a homemade marinara that complements the manicotti without overpowering their flavor. This particular recipe is vegetarian with spinach and other cheeses. This baked Manicotti recipe is creamy, cheesy, meaty, saucy, and deeply It's stuffed with beef, Italian sausage, ricotta, mozzarella and Parmesan but I've also included recipe variations for Cheese Manicotti, Spinach. Spinach Ricotta Stuffed Manicotti is what dinner time dreams are made of! How to Make Manicotti : Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Manicotti.

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