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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking dish. | 2. Cook the manicotti shells until firm-tender (careful not to overcook, leave fairly firm) drain. | 3. In a large bowl, combine the ricotta or cottage cheese (if using) broccoli, 1 cup of mozza cheese, 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, egg, parsley, onion powder, salt, pepper and garlic powder; mix well to combine and set aside. | 4. In a skillet cook the crumbled sausage meat over medium heat until no longer pink; drain fat. | 5. Add in the pasta sauce and minced garlic (if using), cook over medium heat for about 5-8 minutes. | 6. Spread about 1-1/2 cups of the pasta/sausage mixture in the bottom of prepared baking dish. | 7. Stuff the manicotti shells with the broccoli mixture (careful not to overstuff as the shells will tear). | 8. Arrange the stuffed shells over the sauce. | 9. Top with remaining sauce. | 10. Then sprinkle with remaining Parmesan cheese, then top with remaining mozza cheese. | 11. Set oven to 350 degrees. | 12. Bake the shells for about 40-50 minutes, or until heated through. | 13. Delicious! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
manicotti	1	package		403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
ricotta cheese	2	cups		863.04	15.0784	55.8496	64.3808
broccoli	1	package	chopped thawed drained	-	-	-	-
mozzarella cheese	2	cups	shredded divided	-	-	-	-
parmesan cheese	3/4	cup	grated	222.0	24.0	24.0	3.0
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
parsley	2 -3	teaspoons	minced	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
onion powder	1/2	teaspoon		4.092	0.9494	0.1249	0.0125
salt black pepper				403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
bulk italian sausage	1			403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
pasta sauce	4 -5	cups		-	-	-	-
garlic clove	2 -3		minced	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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