MANICOTTI STUFFING RECIPES

Cheese manicotti was the first meal I cooked for my husband, and all these years later, he still enjoys it! —Joan Hallford, North Richland Hills, Texas

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Dinner

Total Time 01 hours 25 minutes

Prep Time 25 minutes

Cook Time 60 minutes

Yield 7 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 12

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : Calories 361 calories, FatContent 13g fat (6g saturated fat), CholesterolContent 64mg cholesterol, SodiumContent 1124mg sodium, CarbohydrateContent 41g carbohydrate (12g sugars, FiberContent 4g fiber), ProteinContent 19g protein. Diabetic Exchanges 3 starch

For many Italian-American families, in New Jersey and elsewhere, the Thanksgiving smorgasbord doesn’t feel quite right without a little touch of red sauce. So you say: “Manicotti? That doesn’t really go with turkey and stuffing and cranberries.” What, you want to argue about it? Besides, Thanksgiving also represents an American expression of abbondanza, the Italian concept of too-muchness that makes a meal feel epic. Here, courtesy of Reservoir Tavern, which has been serving customers in the Boonton area since 1936, comes a recipe for baked manicotti that uses crepes in place of pasta. Nicola Bevacqua, a member of the family that owns the place, said that his own family digs into this melted-cheese masterwork each holiday, as do the New Jersey locals who drop by to pick it up. The crepes, he assured us, “are light and airy and will leave you plenty of room for the turkey.”

Provided by Jeff Gordinier

Total Time 3 hours

Yield 10 to 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 19

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : @context http//schema.org, Calories 474, UnsaturatedFatContent 12 grams, CarbohydrateContent 30 grams, FatContent 28 grams, FiberContent 4 grams, ProteinContent 28 grams, SaturatedFatContent 14 grams, SodiumContent 874 milligrams, SugarContent 9 grams, TransFatContent 0 grams