Recipe - Manicotti Florentine For The Microwave

8 Manicotti, Cooked And
Drained
1 pound Ground Beef
Three fourths cup Onion, Finely Chopped
2 tablespoon Olive Oil
1 cup Seasoned Bread Crumbs
2 tablespoon Parmesan Cheese, Grated
1 10 Oz Pkg Frozen Chopped
Spinach, Thawed
3 Eggs, Slightly Beaten
1 teaspoon Salt
One fourth teaspoon Pepper

SAUCE
4 tablespoon Olive Oil
1 cup Onion, Chopped
1 Clove Garlic, Minced
One half teaspoon Dried Basil
One half teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Dried Oregano
One fourth teaspoon Pepper
One half teaspoon Sugar
1 29 0Z Can Tomatoes
1 6 Oz Can Tomato Paste

Put the meat and onions in a 1 One half qt. covered casserole. Cover and cook
until all redness is gone from the meat, 57 minutes breaking up the meat
and stirring twice. Drain fat from cooked meat. Drain excess liquid from
the spinach and set aside to add to sauce.

Mix the meat, spinach, and remaining ingredients. Stuff gently into the
cooked and drained manicotti. Place the manicotti in a single layer in a 2
qt. (12"x9") rectangular casserole. Cover with the sauce. Cover loosely
with waxed paper and cook 10 minutesin the microwave oven on high power.
Let stand 5 minutes. Sprinkle top with more parmesan cheese of desired.

***Sauce: Mix all ingredients and cook, covered, in a 2quart casserole in
the microwave oven fore 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

NOTES : Prepared sauce may be used instead of the sauce recipe mentioned.

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #332

Recipe by: International Gourmet Cooking for the Microwave by Phe

From: Dianne Larson Ward dianne@paccom.com

Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 23:58:35 +0000