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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jilldanky

posted:2/18/2009

This recipe was good! I used a whole can of spaggetti sauce. I would recommend using a good name brand bag b/c mine got a hole in it(which made things difficult). This recipe makes a lot as well so make accordingly.

KES9999

posted:2/17/2009

Best manicotti ever! We added hamburger and garlic to the filling, and extra cheese on top.

diana4471

posted:2/12/2009

I have made this recipe several times w/o the pesto,b/c I don't know what kind to buy?? My family love this anyway, it's delish, we use extra sauce and cheese and serve w/garlic bread.

rosie861

posted:2/10/2009

Very Good! I filled the tubes uncooked-much easier. I will use much more sauce and a little water next time-the noodles came out a little dry. Left out the pesto and everyone gobbled it up. I will make this again for sure!

a cook

posted:2/3/2009

This was wonderful. I used garlic pesto and it came out soooo good. My boyfriend loved it.

a cook

posted:1/31/2009

my husband loved it

weed8

posted:1/29/2009

This was so easy to make and my family loved it!

a cook

posted:1/17/2009

I have made this recipe twice now and each time I skiped the pesto sauce, and it turned out great. My husband loved it and couldn't stop eating it. It was great

emhines

posted:1/7/2009

This was very easy to make. I have tried to make this dish before using spinach, etc and found it was just too much! This really takes very little time to prepare and tastes great. My 2 year old and husband really enjoyed it.

pmunro2

posted:12/30/2008

My husband and boys LOVED this and for some reason I was hesistant to make it for them. I didn't have any pesto so left that out. They are asking for it again!