Best Manicotti Florentine Recipes

FLORENTINE MANICOTTI

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Melt butter in small skillet on medium heat. Add onions and garlic; cook and stir 3 min. or until onions are crisp-tender. Place in medium bowl. Add spinach, ricotta, mozzarella, Parmesan, eggs, lemon juice and pepper; mix well. Spoon into manicotti shells.
• Place in 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; cover.
• Bake 40 min. or until heated through. About 5 min. before manicotti is done, heat the pasta sauce.
• Serve manicotti topped with sauce.

MANICOTTI FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease 13x9x2-inch non-reactive baking pan; set aside.
• Prepare manicotti according to package directions; drain and set aside.
• Combine spinach, mozzarella cheese, cottage cheese and nutmeg in a bowl. Fill manicotti shells with spinach mixture. Place in prepared baking dish. Spoon spaghetti sauce on top.
• Cover and bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until cheese is bubby.

MANICOTTI FLORENTINE - KRAFT

Steps:

• PREHEAT oven to 350°F. Cook and stir onion and garlic in butter in small skillet on medium heat until tender. Place in medium bowl. Add spinach, ricotta, mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, eggs, juice and seasonings; mix until well blended. STUFF evenly into manicotti shells. Place in 13x9-inch baking dish; cover. BAKE 40 min. or until heated through. Meanwhile, heat sauce on the stovetop or in microwave. Serve over manicotti.

MANICOTTI FLORENTINE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350.
• 2. Cook noodles according to directions; drain, transfer to pan of cold water - Add 2 tablespoons olive oil to prevent sticking.
• 3. Combine remaining ingredients (except marinara sauce and reserved cheese) in medium bowl and mix well.
• 4. Pour 2 cups marinara sauce in a 9x13 pan (or glass).
• 5. Pat excess water from shells, fill with cheese, spinach mixture and lay in pan.
• 6. Pour remaining sauce over shells and sprinkle with reserved cheese; bake 15-20 minutes uncovered.
• 7. NOTE: You can omit egg and salt but increase Ricotta cheese to 2 cups and Mozzarella cheese to 2 cups in bowl - needed to fill 12 shells.

EASY MANICOTTI FLORENTINE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven 375. Spray Pam on 13x9-in pan. Thaw spinach & drain. Place in medium bowl. 2. Stir in sauce and undrained tomatoes. 3. Arrange manicotti in pan. Spoon sauce mixture over. Sprinkle cheese on top. 4. Bake covered 30 min, then uncovered 20 min.

EASY MANICOTTI FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• In a large bowl combine spinach, cottage and ricotta cheese. Add salt and pepper to taste. Blend well.
• Combine one cup of the spaghetti sauce and the quarter cup of water together. Spread evenly into a 13x9 inch baking dish.
• Using a teaspoon, stuff each shell with equal amounts of the cheese mixture. Place stuffed manicotti into baking dish. Pour remaining cup of spaghetti sauce over the top of pasta. Cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake in preheated oven for 50 minutes. Uncover and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Bake for an additional 10 minutes, or until cheese is melted and bubbly. Let stand 10 to 15 minutes before serving.

FLORENTINE MANICOTTI

Steps:

• Combine creamed spinach, ricotta cheese, parmesan, egg, basil, salt and pepper in large bowl. Fill each manicotti shell with spinach mixture. Place about 1/2 cup spaghetti sauce in bottom of 9"x13" pan. Arrange filled manicotti over sauce, and top with remaining sauce and mozzarella cheese. Bake at 350-degree for 30-35 minutes or until heated through.

MANICOTTI FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Sautee chopped onions and mushroom in butter until tender. Remove from pan and set aside in a bowl. Sautee chopped spinach for 5 minutes and remove from pan and set aside in bowl. Combine ricotta, mozzarella, 3/4 cup of parmasean, eggs, parsley, spices in a bowl and mix. Next add spinach and 3/4 of sautee to mixture and mix together. Grease a 13x9 cassarole dish and set aside. Next stuff partially cooked manicotti shells with florentine mixture and place in the 13x9 cassarole dish. Cover stuffed manicotti shells with the two jars of sauce and then sprinkle parmasean cheese over the top. Bake at 350 degrees F for 35 minutes.