Pasta Cookbook
- 179 recipes
- Featuring more than a dozen different types of pasta
- Perfect for hurried, hectic weekdays
Full Product Description:
Plenty of "pastabilities"! Serve up hearty and delicious main and side dishes featuring linguine, spaghetti, rotini and 12 other pasta noodles. If you like spaghetti, you'll love Garlic Spaghetti, Chili-ghetti and Southwestern Spaghetti. For out-of-the-ordinary lasagna, there's Pepperoni Lasagna, Spinach Lasagna Roll-Up, Lasagna Con Carne, and Egg Noodle Lasagna. Choose from Cheesy Chicken Manicotti, Italian Pasta Salad, Hearty Chicken Noodle Soup, Fettuccine Alfredo, Turkey Tetrazzini andmore. Hardcover, 112 pages, 101 photos.Meaty Spinach Manicotti
Ingredients:
- 2 packages (8 ounces each) manicotti shells
- 1/4 cup butter, cubed 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2-1/2 cups milk
- 3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 pound bulk Italian sausage
- 4 cups cubed cooked chicken or turkey
- 2 packages (10 ounces each) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 2 jars (26 ounces each) spaghetti sauce
- 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
Directions:
Cook manicotti according to package directions. Meanwhile, melt butter in a saucepan. Stir in the flour until smooth. Gradually add milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in Parmesan cheese until melted; set aside. Drain manicotti; set aside. In a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Add the chicken, spinach, eggs, mozzarella cheese and 3/4 cup white sauce. Stuff into manicotti shells. Spread 1/2 cup spaghetti sauce in each of two ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking dishes. Top with manicotti. Pour remaining spaghetti sauce over the top. Reheat the remaining white sauce, stirring constantly. Pour over spaghetti sauce. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 45-50 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley. Yield: 14-16 servings.
