How to Make Cheese Stuffed Manicotti

Instructions

• 1

  Start the recipe by preparing the pasta. Fill half of a large pot with lightly salted water and bring it to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium-high, add the manicotti shells to the boiling water, and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente. Pour the cooked manicotti shells into a colander to drain the hot water, rinse them with cold water, then drain them and set them aside.
• 2

  Take a medium sized mixing bowl and combine in it all the three cheeses (ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese), preserving ½ cup of mozzarella cheese and ¼ cup of Parmesan cheese.
• 3

  Then, add one slightly beaten egg and one tablespoon of finely chopped parsley to the bowl and mix.
• 4

  Season the cheese and egg mixture with salt, pepper and nutmeg powder, and mix it well.
• 5

  Spoon two heaping tablespoons of this cheese mixture into each manicotti shell, and set the prepared shells aside.
• 6

  Take a 13x9 inch baking pan, grease it with butter or vegetable shortening, and cover bottom of the pan with a thin layer of spaghetti sauce.
• 7

  Arrange the stuffed manicotti shells in the baking pan in a single layer and pour the remaining spaghetti sauce over them.
• 8

  Sprinkle with the remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese, and bake it covered for 15 minutes in an oven preheated at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• 9

  After 15 minutes, uncover the shells and bake for another 15 to 20 minutes, or until the cheese topping is bubbly and golden brown.
• 10

  Remove from the oven, and serve hot with a salad.