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| Recipes Browse through our recipe section. Find the perfect meal idea for you and your family to enjoy! All the highlighted ingredients can be found in our shop. HEARTY MANICOTTI Recipe courtesy www.cyber-north.com/tipnet/italian.html |
| (8 main dish servings) 1 lb. Italian sweet sausage links 1 lb. ground beef 1 medium onion, chopped 2 16 oz. cans tomato puree 1 6 oz. can tomato paste 1 tsp. sugar 1/2 tsp. pepper 2 tbsp. parsley, chopped basil salt 1 8 oz. package manicotti shells 4 cups ricotta cheese 1 8 oz. package mozzarella cheese Parmesan cheese In covered 5 quart Dutch oven. Over medium heat, in 1/4 cup water, cook sausage links 5 minutes. Uncover, brown well, drain on paper towel. Spoon fat from Dutch oven. over medium heat brown ground beef and onions, stir in tomato puree, paste, sugar, pepper, 1 tsp. basil, 1 tsp. salt, 1 cup water; simmer, covered 45 minutes. Cut sausage into bite-size pieces; add to mixture and cook 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Meanwhile, cook manicotti as label directs; drain. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl, combine ricotta and mozzarella (diced) cheeses, parsley, 3/4 tsp. basil, 1/2 tsp salt; stuff into shells. Spoon half of meat sauce into 13" x 9" baking dish. Place half of shells over sauce in one layer. Spoon remaining sauce, except 3/4 cup, over shells, top with remaining shells in one layer. Spoon reserved meat sauce over top. Sprinkle with parmesan. Bake 30 minutes. |
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