Spinach and Sausage Manicotti

By hefk -
from Sunset, October 1999

I made these tonight and when Kevin peeked in on my progress, he said, "Those are stuffed shells."
Oh yeah.

10 oz. mild or hot turkey or pork Italian sausage
16 oz. dried manicotti pasta shells (or 1 box large pasta shells)
1 pkg. (9-10 oz.) thawed frozen chopped spinach, squeezed dry
1 3/4 C. (15 oz.) ricotta cheese
1 1/2 C. grated parmesan cheese
1/2 t. ground nutmeg
salt
4 lg. eggs
1 quart tomato sauce [I felt lucky to be able to pull leftover Kostic family gravy out of the freezer]


1) Discard sausage casings[/wrapper]. In a frying pan over medium-high heat, stir and crumble sausage until lightly browned. 5-10 min. Discard any fat. Let cool 10 minutes.

2) Prepare pasta according to box direction until just barely tender. Drain.

3) Mix together, sausage, spinach, ricotta, parmesan, nutmeg. In bowl, beat eggs with salt and then fold into mixture.

4) Spoon 1 C. tomato sauce into baking dish(es).

5) With a spoon, fill manicotti shells equally with spinach mixture. Arrange in a single layer in sauce, drizzle 1/2 C. water over pasta and then and spoon remaining sauce evenly over manicotti.

6) Bake, covered at 375 until steaming in the center (40-55 min).

Comments

Anonymous said…
Oh that sounds really good!
3:28 PM
Alissa said…
I made these tonight for myself, Todd, Pam, Dan and Todd's mom. Everyone was very happy with this. Not having any "family gravy," I used a store-bought sauce with sausage in it, and it came together really well. Thanks for sharing and easy-to-throw together dish!
7:52 PM
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