Recipe Make Ahead Manicotti (Pasta)

Required Ingredients:

• 1 pint ricotta cheese
• 2 eggs
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 1/2 tablespoons white sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 12 manicotti shells
• 1 (32 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce

Preparing/Cooking:

• In a medium bowl, mix together ricotta cheese and eggs until blended.
• Stir in spinach, mozzarella cheese, 1/4 cup of the Parmesan cheese, sugar, salt and pepper.
• Stuff mixture into uncooked pasta shells.
• Spread 1/2 cup spaghetti sauce in the bottom of a medium baking dish.
• Arrange stuffed pasta shells in a single layer over the sauce.
• Pour the remainder of the sauce over the shells, cover dish, and chill in the refrigerator for 8 hours, or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Bake covered for 40 minutes.
• Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan cheese, and bake for another 15 minutes.

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