Roll Your Own Manicotti

Submitted by Sue Liberty
Preparation Time 60 minutes
Difficulty Medium
Serves ?
Description Cheese filled Lasagna noodles

Ingredients

  • 1/2 lb. lasagna
  • 1 lb. ricotta or cottage cheese
  • 1/4 lb. mozzarella or American cheese, shredded
  • 1/4 cup flavored bread crumb mix
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup chopped parsley
  • 1 egg slightly beaten
  • 1 pint meat sauce
  • 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
  • Instructions

    Mix ricotta, mozzarella, bread crumbs, salt, parsley, and egg. Boil lasagna in 2 quarts salted water to which 1/2 Tablespoon of oil has been added. (oil prevents macaroni from sticking together.) Cook for 15 minutes and drain. Cut lasagna strips in half. Spoon portion of cheese mix on lasagna strip and roll macaroni. Pour 1/2 meat sauce in pan and arrange manicotti in single layer over sauce. Top with remaining sauce, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, and bake in moderate oven for 15 minutes

    Comments

    Can be frozen before or after cooking