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Baked Manicotti

A rich one pan bake in the oven Italian comfort food dish.

Course Main Dish
Keyword Stuffed Manicotti
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 6 servings
Author Pot of Gold Recipes

Ingredients

  • 1 pound italian sausage divided
  • 1 cup diced onion
  • 1 tbsp minced garlic
  • 1 box manicotti noodles cooked al dente
  • 24 ounces cottage cheese
  • 16 ounces ricotta cheese
  • 2 cups mozzarella cheese
  • 1 cup grated parmesan cheese
  • 3 cups spinach or chopped kale
  • 32 ounces marinara sauce jarred or homemade
  • 1/2 cup cream optional

Instructions

  1. In large skillet, brown sausage, garlic and onion. Drain.  Divide sausage in half.  Put 1/2 back into skillet and 1/2 into large bowl

  2. Add cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, 1 cup mozzarella, parmesan and spinach or kale to large bowl with sausage.  Mix well.

  3. Stir marinara sauce into sausage in skillet.  In large baking dish 9x13 or slightly larger put 1/2 the sausage and sauce mixture on bottom.  Stuff cooked manicotti noodles with cheese, sausage, spinach/kale mixture. ****See below for sauce options.  Pour remaining sauce over top of stuffed noodles.  Sprinkle remaining mozzarella on top.  Bake 350 for 40 minutes.

  4. ***If desired, you can divide the second half of the marinara sauce in half and add cream to one half.  Pour plain sauce on top, then pour sauce with cream added on top.  Then top with cheese and bake as directed

Recipe Notes

You could leave the sausage out and make this a vegetarian main dish.

You can use the Homemade Marinara Sauce from Pot of Gold Recipes.

***If desired, you can divide the second half of the marinara sauce in half and add cream to one half.  Pour plain sauce on top, then pour sauce with cream added on top.  Then top with cheese and bake as directed