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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. To make sauce, heat the olive oil in a large sauce pan over medium-high heat. | 2. Add onions and peppers. | 3. Sauté until softened (approx. 5 min). | 4. Add Garlic, sauté another minute. | 5. Add mushrooms and sauté 2 minutes. | 6. Add diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, and seasonings. | 7. Stir well. | 8. Partially cover and simmer on low heat. | 9. In a fry pan, over medium-high heat combine crumbled ground beef, Worcestershire sauce and salt and pepper. | 10. Cook until browned, then drain. | 11. Add to simmering sauce. | 12. Continue to simmer until thickened, approximately 15 to 20 minutes. | 13. Remove from heat until use. | 14. Note: Sauce will be chunky (before ground beef is added), if a smoother sauce is desired stir with an immersion blender until desired consistency is reached. | 15. Cook pasta according to package directions. | 16. Cool in single layer on foil. | 17. Pre heat oven to 375 degrees F. | 18. In a large mixing bowl, combine ricotta, mozzarella, ½ of the Parmesan cheese, parsley, salt, and pepper. | 19. Spoon or pipe into cooled manicotti. | 20. In a 13x9x2 inch-baking dish spread about ½ cup of sauce on bottom, arrange filled pasta in single layer over sauce. | 21. Cover with remaining sauce. | 22. Bake covered with foil for 20 minutes, uncover, sprinkle remaining Parmesan Cheese, re-cover, and continue baking for 15 minutes, or until hot and bubbly. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
yellow onion	1/2	cup	chopped	57.42	3.4191	0.4132	4.698
bell pepper	1/2	cup	chopped	-	-	-	-
garlic	6	cloves	minced	26.82	5.9508	1.1448	0.09
mushroom	1/2	cup	chopped	-	-	-	-
tomato	1	can	diced	40.2099	8.6898	1.9658	0.4468
tomato sauce	1	can		-	-	-	-
oregano	1 1/2	1/2	dried	3.975	1.0338	0.135	0.0642
basil	4	tablespoons	chopped	2.438	0.2809	0.3339	0.0678
parsley	2	tablespoons	chopped	2.736	0.4811	0.2257	0.06
kosher salt				-	-	-	-
pepper			ground	1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
beef	1		ground lean	530.4012	0.0	104.5842	12.1947
worcestershire sauce	2	dashes		-	-	-	-
kosher salt				-	-	-	-
pepper			ground	1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
manicotti	14	pieces	uncooked	-	-	-	-
part ricotta cheese	3 1/2	cups	part-skim	1197.84	44.6152	98.8652	68.6588
part mozzarella cheese	1	cup	shredded part-skim	-	-	-	-
parmesan cheese	1/4	cup	graded divided	74.0	8.0	8.0	1.0
parsley	2	tablespoons	chopped	2.736	0.4811	0.2257	0.06
kosher salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1/4	teaspoon	ground	1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187

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