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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a large sauce pan using about a tbsp of EVOO, combine the diced garlic, pinch of salt/ pepper, ground beef and Italian sausage until cooked through and browned. | 2. Add spaghetti sauce, oregano and basil, pinch of fennel. Simmer. | 3. In a large pot, bring salted water to a boil and cook shells just under suggested cooking time. You want them to be slightly undercooked. Drain and set aside. | 4. In a mixing large bowl, combine ricotta, mozarella, and spinach. Salt to taste. Set aside. | 5. Spread a light layer of meat sauce on the bottom of a large deep baking dish. | 6. Using a narrow spoon, fill each tubular shell with cheese mixture and place side by side into the prepared baking dish. Cover with remaining sauce and sprinkle Parmesan on top. | 7. Bake in oven covered with foil at 400 F for 40 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for another 5-7 mins to brown the cheese on top. Let cool before serving. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
italian sausage	1	lb		1569.4315	2.9484	64.637	142.1107
beef	1	lb	ground	898.1139999999999	0.0	88.0877	57.7424
garlic clove	2		diced	-	-	-	-
spaghetti sauce	1	jar		-	-	-	-
fennel	1	pinch		0.0351	0.0083	0.0014	0.0002
basil	1/2	teaspoon		0.1016	0.0117	0.0139	0.0028
oregano	1/2	teaspoon		1.325	0.3446	0.045	0.0214
manicotti	1	box	uncooked	-	-	-	-
ricotta cheese	16	ounces		789.2499	13.7892	51.0744	58.8762
mozzarella cheese	1	cup		-	-	-	-
parmesan cheese	1	cup		296.0	32.0	32.0	4.0
spinach	5	ounces	thawed frozen	31.1844	5.5282	3.1184	0.4252
salt pepper				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.