Community Pick
Ultimate Crab and Spinach Manicotti With Parmesan Cheese Sauce
photo by AZbikerider
- Ready In:
- 1hr 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
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15
ingredients
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PARMESAN SAUCE
- 59.14 ml butter (no substitutes)
- 59.14 ml flour
- 236.59 ml full-fat milk
- 354.88 ml half-and-half cream
- 236.59 ml grated parmesan cheese
- salt and pepper
- Tabasco sauce
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MANICOTTI FILLING
- 453.59 g crabmeat, flaked (fresh or frozen)
- 566.99 g box frozen spinach (cooked and well drained, squeeze out moisture with hands)
- 354.88 ml ricotta cheese
- 354.88 ml parmesan cheese (can use more to taste)
- 2 large green onions, chopped
- 1 large egg, beaten
- salt and pepper
- shredded mozzarella cheese, for topping
- 15 manicotti, cooked to only firm-tender
directions
- To make the sauce: in a saucepan over medium heat melt butter.
- Add in flour and whisk for about 3 minutes.
- Add in milk and half and half whisk over heat until bubbly and thickened.
- Add in the Parmesan cheese, salt, pepper and Tabasco to taste; stir until the cheese melts.
- Set oven to 375 degrees.
- Butter a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
- In a bowl mix together crab, well drained spinach, ricotta, and Parmesan cheese, onions, egg, salt and pepper; mix well to combine.
- Fill each cooked shell with crab/cheese filling using clean hands.
- Place in a single layer in prepared baking dish.
- Cover with the Parmesan cheese sauce (does not have to cover completely!).
- Sprinkle with grated mozzeralla cheese (any amount desired).
- Bake uncovered for about 25-30 minutes (do not over bake!).
Reviews
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Very good and easy to fix! A few notes about this dish - I used oven-ready manicotti so wish I'd made more sauce and started with a layer of sauce on the bottom of the dish. The bottom of the manicotti shells were a little dry. Did not cook the spinach - only thawed and squeezed out all the moisture. Also, used imatation crab for this dish and would recommend using. Added pieces of crabmeat on top and cooked for last 10 minutes. Overall very good and will fix it again.
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I made this for Easter dinner since it was just the two of us. Great meal! I thought I had manicotti but ended up making crepes. Turned out wonderful. I cut the recipe back for five and it made four stuffed manicotti. It is very filling so have two left over. Served it with Recipe #13586 as an appetizer and Recipe #284517 for dessert.
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