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Title: Classic Manicotti
Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients

           === FOR THE MARINARA SAUCE
           -===
    1/3 c  Olive oil
      1 c  Minced onions
      3    Garlic cloves; minced
      2 lb Ripe tomatoes; cored, and
           cut into 1" pieces
           (or 2 [28-oz] cans plum
           -tomatoes, d
      1 pn Sugar
           Salt; to taste
           Freshly-ground black pepper;
           - to taste
      8 lg Pasta tubes
           === FOR THE FILLING ===
      1 lb Fresh ricotta cheese
    2/3 c  Freshly-grated Parmesan
           -cheese
      1    Egg yolk
      2 tb Minced fresh basil
      2 tb Minced fresh parsley
           Freshly-grated nutmeg; to
           -taste
           Salt; to taste
           Freshly-ground black pepper;
           - to taste
      8 oz Grated Mozzarella cheese
      4    Basil sprigs; for garnish

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
First, make the marinara sauce. In a saucepan heat oil. Add onion and
cook for 3 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 2 minutes more. Add tomatoes,
pinch of sugar, salt and pepper and simmer, covered, stirring
occasionally, for 20 minutes. Puree the mixture through the fine disk of a
food mill and then return to the saucepan. Reduce for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, make your filling.
In a bowl mix together ricotta cheese, Parmesan
cheese, egg yolk, minced basil, parsley, nutmeg, salt and pepper to taste.
Fill your manicotti tubes with the filling mixture. When all the tubes
are filled place them in a baking dish. Spoon marinara sauce over the
tubes and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. (Can be refrigerated for
several hours or overnight at this point or may be frozen.)
When ready to cook, place in the
oven and bake, covered for 20 minutes. Uncover and bake for 5 to 10
minutes longer, or until bubbling and heated through. Serve each portion
with a sprig of fresh basil. This recipe yields 4
servings.
Recipe Source:
PASTA MONDAY TO
FRIDAY with Michele Urvater From the TV FOOD
NETWORK - (Show # PS-6506 broadcast 03-22-1998) Downloaded from
their Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com
Formatted for
MasterCook by Joe Comiskey, aka MR MAD - jpmd44a@prodigy.com -or-
MAD-SQUAD@prodigy.net
05-09-1998

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Contributor: Michele Urvater

Preparation Time: 0:00

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