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July 31st, 2008, 09:58 PM
Alright. I consider myself a pretty good cook. I homebrew as well (haven't done so in awhile) but I got a really easy recipe for Parmesan/Mozarella Manicotti....It's so easy, and goddamn amazing, quick to prepare, and quick to cook.
Okay, so go get three cans of the four cheese Delmonte crappy sauce, u can find it at walmart for 88 cents.
2 15 oz containers of Ricotta cheese, (shurfine brand found near cottage cheese @ walmart)
2 bags of cheapest parmesan cheese, 2 bags of cheapest mozarella cheese
manicotti pasta, found near lasagna
make sure and pick up some good pre prepared bread, i highly recommend peppridge farm 5 cheese loaf, but the slices are damn good too.
alright. it's a good idea to hve some kind of mix of oregano and basil to add to the mixture you'll insert into the noodles. Emeril has a brand of stuff out called essence of emeril, but look for other stuff, like pizza/pasta magic is another thing I use. I combine those two , with 1 and a half containers of ricotta cheese, two eggs, salt and pepper, 1/3rd a bag of parmesan cheese and 1/3rd a bag of the motz cheese, in a big bowl. stir the **** out of it.
your 3 cans of sauce should be simmering, coming down from a boil. you dont need to do this, but its better if you make your own sauce with garlic powder if you are too lazy to chop it up or the essence of emeril crap ,bring to a boil, and the flavors will meld. but just , the first time, do it without all that shit. you dont need to cook sauce separately for this to work ...
Okay, so get you a glass cookware thing about 2 ft long and 1 1/2 ft wide, enough space to fit like 2 manicotti noodles on width-wise, and just pour about half a can to 3/4s a can of the sauce, just with one can, to cover the bottom of the dish. Then, take the mix of cheeses,eggs,ricotta, etc and get a gallon ziplok bag. Cut a hole (make it small) in 1 corner of the bag. Take the hard noodles straight out the package and fill em up with the bag, 1 by 1, takes 5-7 mins tops to get it all done. ive done this about 15 times though. near the end youll feel like a cake decorator because it's similar to the thing they use for icing. Anyway, once you got all your manicotti stuffed, dump the rest of the sauce all over the top of it. you should not see any noodles poking out which is why u bought 3 cans. Then the fun part. spreading cheese all over that shit is fun. my girlfriend loves to do it...we fight over wh gets to spread to cheese lol...anyhow, get it spread out nice on top (do parm on bottom and motz on top so its stringy on top... preheat oven to 350, cook for 55 minutes, take out and let cool for 15 minutes, and bam, you got a meal that would run you 35-40 bucks at a quality restaurant and probably tastes much better. you can put all kinds of shit in the ricotta stuffing mix that I left out of this recipe, such as spinach and ground beef.
Guys, try it out......jusdt be careful, dont get your women too fat....this recipe added 10lbs to my gf's ass.(but i like her cute big butt so its cool...) lol gl with the cooking fellow slaves.
Okay, so go get three cans of the four cheese Delmonte crappy sauce, u can find it at walmart for 88 cents.
2 15 oz containers of Ricotta cheese, (shurfine brand found near cottage cheese @ walmart)
2 bags of cheapest parmesan cheese, 2 bags of cheapest mozarella cheese
manicotti pasta, found near lasagna
make sure and pick up some good pre prepared bread, i highly recommend peppridge farm 5 cheese loaf, but the slices are damn good too.
alright. it's a good idea to hve some kind of mix of oregano and basil to add to the mixture you'll insert into the noodles. Emeril has a brand of stuff out called essence of emeril, but look for other stuff, like pizza/pasta magic is another thing I use. I combine those two , with 1 and a half containers of ricotta cheese, two eggs, salt and pepper, 1/3rd a bag of parmesan cheese and 1/3rd a bag of the motz cheese, in a big bowl. stir the **** out of it.
your 3 cans of sauce should be simmering, coming down from a boil. you dont need to do this, but its better if you make your own sauce with garlic powder if you are too lazy to chop it up or the essence of emeril crap ,bring to a boil, and the flavors will meld. but just , the first time, do it without all that shit. you dont need to cook sauce separately for this to work ...
Okay, so get you a glass cookware thing about 2 ft long and 1 1/2 ft wide, enough space to fit like 2 manicotti noodles on width-wise, and just pour about half a can to 3/4s a can of the sauce, just with one can, to cover the bottom of the dish. Then, take the mix of cheeses,eggs,ricotta, etc and get a gallon ziplok bag. Cut a hole (make it small) in 1 corner of the bag. Take the hard noodles straight out the package and fill em up with the bag, 1 by 1, takes 5-7 mins tops to get it all done. ive done this about 15 times though. near the end youll feel like a cake decorator because it's similar to the thing they use for icing. Anyway, once you got all your manicotti stuffed, dump the rest of the sauce all over the top of it. you should not see any noodles poking out which is why u bought 3 cans. Then the fun part. spreading cheese all over that shit is fun. my girlfriend loves to do it...we fight over wh gets to spread to cheese lol...anyhow, get it spread out nice on top (do parm on bottom and motz on top so its stringy on top... preheat oven to 350, cook for 55 minutes, take out and let cool for 15 minutes, and bam, you got a meal that would run you 35-40 bucks at a quality restaurant and probably tastes much better. you can put all kinds of shit in the ricotta stuffing mix that I left out of this recipe, such as spinach and ground beef.
Guys, try it out......jusdt be careful, dont get your women too fat....this recipe added 10lbs to my gf's ass.(but i like her cute big butt so its cool...) lol gl with the cooking fellow slaves.