Favorite Stuffed Manicotti

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb ground sausage
• 2 (15 ounce) cans italian tomato sauce
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 (15 ounce) carton ricotta cheese
• 3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon parsley flakes
• 12 manicotti, cooked
• 1 cup grated parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 brown sausage in large saucepan, drain.
• 2 take half of sausage, put in large bowl and put aside.
• 3 stir tomato sauce, paste, and water into sausage in pan.
• 4 simmer 15 minute.
• 5 meanwhile, to the sausage in bowl, add ricotta, 2 cups mozzarella, egg and parsley.
• 6 pour 1/3 sauce mixture into 13x9-inch baking pan.
• 7 stuff manicotti with ricotta mixture and place on top of sauce in baking pan.
• 8 pour remaining sauce over stuffed manicotti, top with remaining mozzarella and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
• 9 bake at 350°f for 20 minutes or until hot all through.