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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mjgreer

posted:8/25/2007

I personal don't like to make this (putting the cheese into the shells part, I'm very messy) But My very Picky Family asks for it time and time again. It is their all time favorite!

x0xAix0x

posted:8/19/2007

I loved this dish! Its amazing! Pretty easy the second time around. I always get asked when Im going to make it again :)

crissy121

posted:8/14/2007

I really like this one. It smelled really good before I even took it out of the oven. I think the pesto is just enough of spice, due to the fact that I don't like a lot of spicy foods.

mlv428

posted:8/13/2007

It's certainly an easy recipe to make. While it did taste good, it could have used a little more flavor. The pesto certainly helped, but I think actually adding basil or oregano or both would've helped add more flavor.

tinalou

posted:8/1/2007

ALways Awesome!!! easy, easy, but is most impressive

bmarri

posted:7/23/2007

My family enjoyed it. It will definitely be a keeper. The prep was very easy and quick. I love it!

MIRANDA915

posted:7/11/2007

My husband and I loved this. We don't really care for pesto so I added a little basil.

perdeky

posted:6/26/2007

My kids love this recipe, it was very easy to prepare with them.

Tchick27

posted:6/25/2007

This was fabulous! My first attempt at manicotti, and it was so easy. I used a delicious spicy red pepper spaghetti sauce ... MMM! I used a little more than called for ... but then again we had more than 12 manicotti -- and they were WELL stuffed! I will definitely be making this again!!!

bekabrt

posted:6/19/2007

I personalized this recipe to my own cheese tastes and it turned out just as good. I really enjoy it.