Mom's Manicotti

This is a flexible recipe. Substitute canned tuna for ground beef for those that don't eat red meat.

• Ready In: 2 hrs
• Serves: 12
• Yields: 24 filled crepes

Ingredients

• Crepes

• 1  cup flour
• 1  cup water
• 4  eggs

• Filling

• 1  lb ground beef
• 1  lb ricotta cheese
• 1  lb mozzarella cheese
• 2  eggs

• Sauce

• 2  tablespoons  oil
• 1  small onion, chopped
• 2  garlic cloves (or more)
• 1  tablespoon sugar
• 2  teaspoons salt
• 1 (16 ounce) can tomatoes
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste

Directions

1. Crepes: Mix ingredients in a large bowl. Makes 20 or more crepe-like pancakes.
2. Filling: Brown beef. Drain. Mix with cheeses and eggs.
3. Sauce: In saucepan, cook garlic and onion in oil. Stir in rest of ingredients. Break up tomatoes. Cook 20 minutes.
4. Spread 1/2 of sauce in pan. Place filled crepes on top. Them more sauce.
5. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees.
6. Makes 20 or more.