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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Marinara: | 2. Heat oil. Add onions and garlic and cook until soft, but not brown. | 3. Add tomatoes, paste, basil, sugar, salt and pepper. Reduce heat low, simmer partially covered, 40 minutes. Stir occasionally. | 4. Press through sieve. Season to taste. | 5. Crepes: | 6. Mix eggs and milk and beat well. | 7. Add flour a little at a time with a whisk. | 8. Butter 6” fry pan. Place a little batter in pan and swirl until bottom is covered. Cook on one side until dry. Butter pan as needed. | 9. Cheese filling (Manicotti): | 10. Mix together all ingredients. | 11. Meat filling (Cannelloni or Ravioli): | 12. Melt butter in skillet, cook onions 7-8 minutes. | 13. Add meat, cook until liquid cooks away. Take off the heat. Place in bowl. | 14. Stir in spinach and cheese. Add eggs (beaten) to mixture. Season. | 15. Besciamella (white sauce): | 16. Melt butter over moderate heat. Remove from heat and whisk in flour. | 17. Pour in cream and milk all at once. Whisk until flour is partially dissolved. Return to heat and cook until sauce comes to boil and is smooth. | 18. Simmer, low, 2-3 minutes, season. | 19. Assembly: | 20. Heat the oven to 375ËšF. | 21. Fill crepes with filling. | 22. Place film of tomato sauce into baking dishes. Lay manicotti side by side on sauce. | 23. Pour besciamella over and spoon rest of tomato sauce on top. | 24. Scatter on cheese and dot with butter. | 25. Bake 20 – 25 minutes, until cheese is melted and sauce bubbling. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	4	tablespoons		477.36	0.0	0.0	54.0
onion	1	cup	chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
plum tomato	2	cans	chopped drained	-	-	-	-
garlic clove	1		minced	4.47	0.9918	0.1908	0.015
tomato paste	6	tablespoons		78.72	18.1536	4.1472	0.4512
basil	2	tablespoons	chopped	1.219	0.1404	0.16699999999999998	0.0339
sugar	2	teaspoons		36.708	9.1816	0.0	0.0
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
pepper				-	-	-	-
water	1 1/2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
egg	6		beaten	429.0	2.16	37.68	28.53
flour	2	cups		1156.56	253.2108	18.802	4.4872
milk	2	cups		297.68	23.3264	15.372	15.9576
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
ricotta cheese	3 - 3 1/2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
mozzarella cheese	1		cubed	-	-	-	-
egg	3			429.0	2.16	37.68	28.53
parsley	1/4	cup	chopped	5.4	0.9495	0.4455	0.1185
parmesan cheese	1/4	cup	grated	74.0	8.0	8.0	1.0
salt pepper				-	-	-	-
butter	6	tablespoons		513.0	23.570999999999998	16.029	43.2
onion	8	tablespoons	chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
veal	1 1/2		ground	911.2021	9.52	147.5603	31.4841
spinach	2	frozen	chopped defrosted squeezed frozen	-	-	-	-
parmesan cheese	1	cup	grated	74.0	8.0	8.0	1.0
egg	6			429.0	2.16	37.68	28.53
salt				-	-	-	-
butter	8	tablespoons		513.0	23.570999999999998	16.029	43.2
flour	8	tablespoons		1156.56	253.2108	18.802	4.4872
milk	2	cups		297.68	23.3264	15.372	15.9576
cream	2	cups		1584.0	31.92	17.424	166.46400000000003
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
white pepper	1/4	teaspoon		1.776	0.4117	0.0624	0.0127
nutmeg	1/4	teaspoon		2.8875	0.2711	0.0321	0.1997

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