Manicotti

(man uh COT ee) A pasta made from a square or rectangle of noodle dough that is cooked in boiling water, drained, filled with a meat or cheese mixture, a sauce and baked. Manicotti are distinctive in that they are rolled up diagonally from comer to corner.Commercially made manicotti are sold as dried tubes that may be either smooth or ridged and are ready to cook and fill.

Recipes

Three Cheese Manicotti

Using the crepe-like wraps in place of dried pasta shells makes this manicotti dinner a great one to serve when entertaining.
Manicotti

Try this manicotti recipe from BettyCrocker.com
Stuffed Manicotti with Peppery Cheese Sauce

Walnuts make a surprise appearance in the beefy filling. Bake the manicotti in one 3-quart dish or six individual casseroles.

Articles

Spinach and Sausage Stuffed Manicotti : Best of the Blogs

Tue, 11 Dec 2012

… kick up your feet, uncork the wine, and relax until the timer goes off. And there it was: Spinach and Sausage Stuffed Manicotti from Citron Limette, “a food blog from Chef Marie Poulin,” a self-taught chef with a personal cooking service in Sarasota …
Beyond Spaghetti: Delight in the Wild & Wacky World of Pasta

Thu, 6 Sep 2012

… listening to only one band. The wide variety of pasta shapes — manicotti , rigatoni, angel hair and gnocchi, to name a few — offers unlimited ..... hair with asparagus and tomatoes , or you can go hearty with manicotti or a fantastic Tuscan sausage and rigatoni . These pasta shapes are …