What is the greatest pasta dish of all time?!
What is the greatest pasta dish of all time?
Answers:
My personal favorite is Carbonara! But,I make this one all the time and its an awesome manicotti dish!
Sausage Stuffed Manicotti
David Herzog by permission from Laura Schmidt
Ingredients:
*** Crepes ***
1 ? cups all-purpose flour
1-cup milk or more
3 eggs
? tsp salt
olive oil sprayer
*** Filling ***
1 pound Hot Italian sausage
2 eggs
2 cups mozzarella cheese, grated
1/2 cup fresh parmesan cheese, grated
1 cup cottage cheese
1/4 cup dry bread crumbs
10 oz frozen chopped spinach, thawed & squished
salt and pepper
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
*** Tomato Sauce ***
2 cups Mushrooms, sliced
1 green pepper
1 onion, chopped
6 cloves garlic
1 26-ounce jar marinara sauce or tomato basil spaghetti sauce
1 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes with basil, garlic and oregano
Dash of hot pepper flakes
***Topping***
1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, grated
1/4 cup fresh Parmesan cheese, grated
1 small can sliced olives
Instructions: CREPES:
Coals: 6 to 8 coals
1. Place flour in bowl; whisk in milk, eggs and salt until smooth. Need a real thin batter, may need to add more milk
2. Put DO lid upside down on lid stand with coals under to make a medium heat
3. Spray lightly with olive oil
4. Pour about 2 tablespoons on a hot Dutch oven lid. Spread into a 5-inch circle. Cook until set. Do not brown.
5. Repeat with remaining batter making 18 to 20 crepes.
6. Stack crepes between waxed paper. Set them aside.
Instructions: FILLING:
Coals: 20-25 coals
7. In a large pot sauté the sausage
8. Remove sausage from pan and set aside.
9. In a large bowl, beat the eggs lightly, add the remaining filling ingredients and then the sausage; mix well and set aside
Instructions: SAUCE:
Coals: 20-25 coals bottom to fry, then 8-10 coals, bottom; 15-20 coals top
10. Mince green pepper, onions & garlic
11. In the same pot that you used for sausage, sauté onion mixture and the mushrooms,
12. Add the rest of the sauce ingredients. Simmer covered for 25 minutes until thick. (Watch as you may need to add a bit of wine, beer or water).
Instructions: BUILDING THE MANICOTTI
Coals: 10 coals under, ring of 15 coals on lid
13. Pour half the sauce into a 12-inch shallow DO.
14. Take a crepe in your hand and place 3-4 Tbsp filling on crepe.
Roll up. Place seam side down on filling. Repeat
15. Pour remaining sauce over manicotti.
16. Bake about 40 minutes at 350° oven
17. Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella, Parmesan cheese and olives; and bake another 8-10 minutes until bubbly and heated through.
Serves: 6 to 10 people with 2 to 3 manicotti per person.