Sausage Cheese Manicotti
This marvelous manicotti, created by our Test Kitchen staff, is cheesy, saucy and savory.
Ingredients
- 10 uncooked manicotti shells
- 8 ounces turkey Italian sausage links, casings removed
- 1 cup finely chopped sweet red pepper
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 2 large egg whites
- 3 cups fat-free cottage cheese
- 1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese, divided
- 3 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon fennel seed
- 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
- 2 cups meatless spaghetti sauce
- 1/2 cup water
Reviews
This was good, and pretty easy to make. I like the sausage, in the past I've used ground beef, so that was a flavorful change. I think I would decrease the water in the sauce, it was a tad runny, but I would make this again.
This was seriously amazing. I made with hot Italian turkey sausage so it gave that extra zest. It's hard to find healthy versions of stuffed pasta and I'm so happy I did :) I didn't change a thing....make as is it won't disappoint :) also...I used 4 turkey links and it made a lot, far more than one pkg of manicotti noodles, I made two meals out of this and froze one and froze the extra stuffing for another manicotti meal.
My family loved this recipe!!! I did substitute large shells for the manicotti shells because the store was out of the manicotti the day I went, but it still worked out well.
I've made this several times. We love it! I cut the recipe in half, but use only 1 cup of cottage cheese for the half recipe.
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