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The Best Italian Manicotti
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by weekend cooker·published 2008-09-04
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Add tomatoes, and the tomato liquid, mushrooms, fennel seed, basil, Italian seasoning, seasoned salt, and pepper and stir to mix well.
03Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.04In a seperate bowl, stir together well drained spinach, half the parmesan, cottage cheese, nutmeg, and pepper.05In a sprayed 9x13 inch baking dish, spoon 1/3 of the beef sauce evenly over bottom of dish.06Fill manicotti shells with spinach mixture and place on beef layer in baking dish.07Repeat until all spinach mixture has been used in manicotti shells.08Pour remaining beef sauce evenly over manicotti shells to cover.09Sprinkle remaining parmesan cheese over top.10Cover and bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until shells are tender.