homemade manicotti

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Linda Mitchell
Ocean City, MD

When i was a child i would spend alot of time with my Aunt Ginger. She was a wonderful cook and she made everything homemade. This recipe i have used over many years. I hope you enjoy the Homemade Manicotti has much as i do.

(1 rating)
yield 12 serving(s)
prep time 1 Hr
cook time 1 Hr

Ingredients For homemade manicotti

  • 12
    eggs
  • 1 qt
    whole milk
  • flour start with 1/2 cup
  • MANICOTTI FILLING
  • 16 oz.
    container ricotta
  • 8 oz.
    mozzarella cheese
  • 4 oz.
    parmesan cheese
  • 3
    eggs
  • 1 tsp
    salt
  • 1 tsp
    white pepper
  • 1 tsp
    nutmeg
  • 1/2 c
    parsley

How To Make homemade manicotti

  • 1
    Mix the milk,12 eggs, with a fork add the flour a little at a time until blended well. 1/2 cup flour unusally is the right amount there are times i have added a extra tablespoon. The mixture should be thin. Onece completed set aside.
  • 2
    Use a nonstick pan. Pour with small ladle into hot teflon frying pan that has been sprayed with pam and work out to the shape of the bottom of the pan.Cooks very quickly because the batter is thin. Flip out of pan coaxing gently with rubber spatula around the edges. Transfer to wax paper. Set aside
  • 3
    Mix together ricotta cheese,mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese,the 3 eggs, salt, white pepper, nutmeg and parsley.
  • 4
    Fill the Manicotti crepe with 1 1/2 tablespoons of mixture and roll in a cylinder shape. Place filled crepes in baking dish with a little of your favorite sauce on the bottom,onece you have each manicotti lined up cover the top with sauce and parmesan cheese.
  • 5
    Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour. I cover with foil for 45 minutes. Remove foil the last 15 minutes.

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