How To Make Homemade Spinach Manicotti
Enjoy a cheesy dish with this spinach manicotti made with Italian crepes that are filled with spinach and 3 cheeses, then baked on a bed of marinara sauce.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 16homemade crespelles
- 15ozpart skim ricotta cheese
- 2cupspart-skim mozzarella cheese,shredded, reserve ½ cup
- 1large egg
- 10ozfrozen spinach,(1 package) thawed and squeezed really well
- ¼cupParmesan Regianno,grated
- ½tspkosher salt
- black pepper,to taste
- 2½cupsjarred marinara,or homemade marinara sauce
Instructions
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Start by making the crespelles.
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
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In a large bowl, combine ricotta, 1½ cups of the mozzarella, egg, spinach, Parmesan cheese, ½ teaspoon salt, and pepper.
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Fill each crespelle with ¼ cup spinach filling and roll.
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In a large baking dish, (or two smaller dishes) pour 1 cup of sauce on the bottom of the dish. Place rolled manicotti seam side down onto baking dish. Top with 1½ cups more sauce and remaining mozzarella cheese.
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Cover with foil and bake for about 25 minutes, until hot and bubbling, and the cheese is melted.
Nutrition
- Calories: 335.64kcal
- Fat: 24.86g
- Saturated Fat: 15.51g
- Trans Fat: 0.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 7.08g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.92g
- Carbohydrates: 5.02g
- Fiber: 0.90g
- Sugar: 1.01g
- Protein: 23.53g
- Cholesterol: 111.34mg
- Sodium: 606.84mg
- Calcium: 579.40mg
- Potassium: 321.75mg
- Iron: 1.49mg
- Vitamin A: 377.73µg
- Vitamin C: 9.96mg
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