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

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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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Luruin

posted:11/2/2007

The recipe was really easy. The first time I did it the Manicotti split when I put the in boiling water. I left them for to long. So the second time I left it for 4 minutes. The zip lock work great. After it's done I put more tomato sauce because it seems dry even though I put a whole bottle of sauce.

tigerlily46514

posted:10/30/2007

I thought it was kinda bland, but my very picky man LOVED it. I used halved lasagne strips--rolled it up around the cheese----SUPER easy that way!!! and I only cooked the pasta halfway, too, after reading all the comments!!!! Maybe they should add that step to recipe-"Only cook pasta til HALFWAY DONE" so it doesn't rip all up.

a cook

posted:10/23/2007

This is a great recipe. I added more ricotta and put pesto in it, and now it's a family fav. My husband couldn't get enough of it.

a cook

posted:10/17/2007

I used chopped spinach instead of pesto and it was delicious

lindsay.leigh1323

posted:10/16/2007

This recipe was sooo good. My boyfriend and I loved it. I left out the pesto and added frozen spinach and chopped red pepper. Delicious! Will definitely make this again.

sirenia74

posted:10/15/2007

This was the first time I had made manicotti from scratch. The recipe was very simple and easy to follow. My husband loved it. And there were plenty of leftovers!

kleach83

posted:10/15/2007

This was so easy and sooo good. It smells GREAT while cooking. My whole family had seconds. I just don't see how anyone could fit 12 shells into a 13x9 pan. I could only get 9 BUT IT WAS AWESOME!!!

a cook

posted:10/6/2007

This dish tastes fantastic! And it is so much easier than I ever thought making something like manicotti would be!

fairydust2525

posted:10/5/2007

I love this recipe!

bekahcpht

posted:10/4/2007

I enjoyed making this dish for my husband, and he loved it!! He said it was as good as Olive Garden! I will definitly make this again.