Recipe: Appetizing Italian sausage stuffed manicotti

Italian sausage stuffed manicotti. Remove the sausage to a paper towel-lined plate and reserve for the filling. This easy Cheesy Italian Sausage Stuffed Manicotti is easy enough for a weekday and tasty enough for a special dinner with friends. Manicotti tubes are stuffed with a mouthwatering Italian sausage filling then smothered in marinara sauce and lots of cheese.

Followed the recipe and baked as written. My manicotti shells didn't seem totally cooked, like a little tough. I think I'll stick with cheese manicotti and pre-cook the shells from now on. You can cook Italian sausage stuffed manicotti using 28 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Italian sausage stuffed manicotti

1. It's of Italian sausage stuffing.
2. It's 2 lb of of italian sausage (any).
3. You need 1 large of jar of Alfredo sauce.
4. Prepare 2 large of onions (white).
5. Prepare 2 bunch of of spinach.
6. Prepare 6 clove of of garlic.
7. It's 1 of bell pepper (optional).
8. Prepare 1/2 cup of of Romano parmesan.
9. Prepare 1/4 of extra italian seasonings.
10. It's 1 large of piping bag.
11. It's 2 cup of of mozzarella.
12. You need of manicotti shells.
13. Prepare 2 box of of manicotti.
14. Prepare 4 tbsp of olive oil.
15. It's 1 of add salt.
16. You need of marinara sauce.
17. You need 1/2 cup of italian seasonings.
18. Prepare 1 large of onion.
19. It's 2 large of cans of tomato paste.
20. It's 4 can of of large diced tomatoes.
21. Prepare 4 tbsp of of olive oil.
22. Prepare 2 tbsp of salt.
23. Prepare 2 tbsp of pepper.
24. You need 10 clove of of garlic.
25. Prepare 1 large of jar of sweet peppers.
26. Prepare 2 tbsp of of sugar.
27. You need of alfredo sauce.
28. Prepare 2 of jars of Alfredo (any).

Meanwhile, in a large skillet cook sausage over medium heat until brown. Cook manicotti in liberally salted water per manufacturer's instructions (see notes below). Meanwhile, remove casings from Italian sausage (if applicable) then cook and crumble sausage and onion in a large skillet until sausage is cooked through and browned. Brown Italian sausage in a pan with a dash of olive oil.

Italian sausage stuffed manicotti step by step

1. chop all onions and garlic and separate according to measurements.
2. Get 1 large skillet and 1 large pot.
3. In the skillet and pot add olive oil, garlic, onions and Italian seasonings to saute..
4. In the skillet saute spinach then add the Italian sausage.
5. In large pot dump diced tomatoes, tomato paste, sweet peppers, salt, pepper, sugar and simmer for at least 30 minutes until thickened.
6. When the stuffing is done add jar of Alfredo sauce and Romano Parmesan cheese. let it cool then right before you get ready to stuff add mozzarella to the sausage..
7. cook pasta according to al dente with salted water and olive oil. let water come to a roaring boil before adding shells..
8. drain pasta and replace the shells in the cartons it came in.
9. scoop sausage into piping bag, cut tip and start piping the shells..
10. ladle some marinara sauce to bottom of baking dish. then place shells in dish spacing them out. open alfredo sauce pour on top then the marinara and sprinkle mozzarella on top. repeat until all your shells are gone..
11. bake at least 20 minutes or until sauce starts bubbling on the bottom..
12. serve immediately and enjoy..

Once done drain and pour into a large mixing bowl. Add ricotta cheese and mix with sausage. Stuffed Manicotti with Sausage and Spinach - a hearty and delicious Italian classic! It's been ages since I made stuffed manicotti! When our kids were little, I used to make baked manicotti all the time.