Easy Baked Manicotti

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Italian restaurants ain't got nothin' on your kitchen. Rich, homemade pesto manicotti is easier than it looks. Our video walks you through it, and you get all the complimen...read more

time

prep:

15 min

total:

55 min

servings

total:

6 servings

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What You Need

cups spaghetti sauce, divided

1-3/4

cups POLLY-O Original Ricotta Cheese

1-1/2

cups KRAFT Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

1/2

cup KRAFT Grated Parmesan Cheese

egg, beaten

1/4

cup pesto

cooked manicotti shells, rinsed in cold water

Make It

HEAT oven to 350°F.

SPREAD 3/4 cup sauce onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking dish. Mix cheeses, egg and pesto until blended; spoon into resealable plastic bag. Use scissors to cut small corner from bottom of bag.

FILL manicotti shells by squeezing cheese mixture into both sides of each shell; place in baking dish. Top with remaining sauce; cover.

BAKE 40 min. or until heated through.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Size-Wise

Enjoy your favorite foods on occasion, but keep portion size in mind. This recipe makes enough to serve 6.

Substitute

Substitute BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Cottage Cheese for the ricotta and/or KRAFT 100% Grated Romano Cheese for the Parmesan.

Variation

If you prefer a more traditional style manicotti, simply omit the pesto.

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slrmlr1

posted:1/31/2006

Gooey cheese with pasta. What's not to like?

a cook

posted:1/31/2006

I added fresh, chopped spinach cooked with a clove of garlic in a bit of EVOO. Used low-fat ricotta cheese. I also did NOT cook the shells before filling/baking. As a result, had to turn the shells over half-way through cooking, but they absorbed plenty of liquid from the sauce to soften. Quicker and easier! So YUMMY!

a cook

posted:1/31/2006

I made this receipe for my family one Sunday afternoon. They loved it! I had to get my husband to help me squeeze the cheese filling into the manicotti shells. It was a little awkward for me handling by myself. Do make it with the Basil Pesto Sauce, it is delicious!

Jeri123456

posted:1/30/2006

It was a very good dinner, but rather bland. I added herbs de provance, Italian parsley and other spices to jazz it up a bit. It was very easy to make and I would definitely make it again.

drewsmommy11

posted:1/30/2006

This was okay...next time I think I will add some sort of meat. It seemed sort of plain to me without something!

muely

posted:1/29/2006

very easy to make...

faith200068

posted:1/27/2006

malloryoneal04

posted:1/27/2006

I'm not a good cook at all. My sister has recently had her first baby so I offered to make her dinner, hoping I would do okay. I picked this with the Basil Salad and it was really easy to make and tasted pretty yummy considering I usually burn salads! The Black Forest Mousse Dessert tastes great afterwards, too!

thirstyacorns

posted:1/27/2006

Added ground round and mild Italian sausage to sauce. Small town grocer did not have pesto sauce, so I substituted a bit of a package of creamy pesto sauce mix. Simply delicious, and easy.

a cook

posted:1/25/2006

I did not use the pesto sauce, so I thought it was a little plain. Very easy way to fill, I used a cake decorating bag instead of a ziploc.