Stuffed Manicotti- 1st time! Tips appreciated.

On Fri 28 Jan 2005 03:48:57p, Weezie wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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Hello everyone,
I want to make stuffed manicotti tonight. I have ricotta cheese,
cottage cheese, eggs, marinara, alfredo and I also want to use
broccoli/ spinach/ mushrooms. Anyone have any tips on how to
incorporate the latter three items? Anyone have any good stuffed
manicotti recipes? I was thinking of mixing the ricotta with the
cottage cheese, and add and egg w/salt and pepper. Has anyone ever
tried that? Help!

-Luiza

I will not givde you a "Tip" for something I did not eat! <vbg>

Wayne

Yep, the cheese and egg will make a good base.

Weezie said:

Hello everyone,
I want to make stuffed manicotti tonight. I have ricotta cheese,
cottage cheese, eggs, marinara, alfredo and I also want to use
broccoli/ spinach/ mushrooms. Anyone have any tips on how to
incorporate the latter three items? Anyone have any good stuffed
manicotti recipes? I was thinking of mixing the ricotta with the
cottage cheese, and add and egg w/salt and pepper. Has anyone ever
tried that? Help!

-Luiza

I have made this plenty of times. I've always used ricotta, spinach,
mushrooms, onion, olives. Your broccoli, spinach and mushrooms should work
well, just make sure they are really, really small and dry. Add those three
ingredients into the ricotta with some basil, oregano, garlic and nutmeg.
Yes, nutmeg. If you have an onion, add that, also if you have parmesan
and/or mozzarella, throw that in the mix as well.

I would boil the shells (they are difficult to stuff that way, but you can't
add extra water with alfredo sauce) and then carefully stuff them for the
baking process.

I miss this stuff! Damn, this low carbing anyway! :~P

kili

Wayne Boatwright said:

On Fri 28 Jan 2005 03:48:57p, Weezie wrote in rec.food.cooking:

Quoted message said:

I will not givde you a "Tip" for something I did not eat! <vbg>

Wayne

LOL. I knew someone was going to make a comment about the title. :-)
-Luiza

Kili said:

I would boil the shells (they are difficult to stuff that wa­y, but

you can't

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add extra water with alfredo sauce) and then carefully stuff­ them

for the

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baking process.

What I wanted was the shells, but I only found the mannicotti at the
market, so I guess I'll be stuffing from either side and have nothing
in the middle. J/k, I will try to stuff them thoroughly. About the
Alfredo sauce: I don't know if I'll be using it, I think I might just
go with the marinara, or maybe mix the two.

-Luiza

kilikini said:

I have made this plenty of times. I've always used ricotta, spinach,
mushrooms, onion, olives. Your broccoli, spinach and mushrooms should work
well, just make sure they are really, really small and dry. Add those three
ingredients into the ricotta with some basil, oregano, garlic and nutmeg.
Yes, nutmeg. If you have an onion, add that, also if you have parmesan
and/or mozzarella, throw that in the mix as well.

I would boil the shells (they are difficult to stuff that way, but you can't
add extra water with alfredo sauce) and then carefully stuff them for the
baking process.

I miss this stuff! Damn, this low carbing anyway! :~P

Keep watching for new pasta shapes from Dreamfields. I wrote to them
awhile back, to see if they have plans for lasagna noodles, and they said
they intend to expand their product line. Here's their site:
http://www.dreamfieldsfoods.com/

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

Weezie said:

Kili said:

I would boil the shells (they are difficult to stuff that wa­y, but
you can't add extra water with alfredo sauce) and then carefully
stuff­ them for the baking process.

What I wanted was the shells, but I only found the mannicotti at the
market, so I guess I'll be stuffing from either side and have nothing
in the middle. J/k, I will try to stuff them thoroughly.

Might be too late for this but think about putting the filling in a plastic
bag and then cutting the tip off one corner - use it to "pipe" the filling
into the tube pasta.

Jill

jmcquown said:

Might be too late for this but think about putting the filling in a

plastic

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bag and then cutting the tip off one corner - use it to "pipe" the

filling

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into the tube pasta.

Jill

Thanks for the "tips" everyone. Luckily I found some jumbo shells at
Vons. ;-)
I stuffed them with a ricotta cheese/ cottage cheese/ chopped spinach
and broccoli mix. I lined the bottom of the dish with Alfredo sauce and
poured marinara over the shells and they tasted pretty good!

-Luiza