Seaside manicotti
6 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Manicotti shells | |
| 1 | pack | (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach |
| ½ | cup | Chopped onion |
| 1 | Clove garlic; minced | |
| 2 | tablespoons | Margarine or butter |
| 3 | tablespoons | All purpose flour |
| 2 | cups | Milk |
| 1 | cup | Shredded Swiss cheese |
| ¼ | cup | Grated parmesan cheese |
| 2 | tablespoons | Margarine or butter melted |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | pounds | Fresh or frozen fish fillets; cooked and flaked |
| Ground nutmeg | ||
Directions
Cook manicotti in boiling salted water according to package directions; drain. Cook spinach according to package directions; drain well, presing out excess liquid.
Meanwhile, prepare cheese sauce. In saucepan cook onion and garlic. In the 2 tablespoons margarine or butter till tender but not brown. Blend in flour. Add milk all at once; cook and stir till thickened and bubbly. Stir in Swiss cheese till melted. Combine ½ cup of the sauce with the spinach, parmesan, the 2 tablespoons melted margarine or butter, and the salt. Fold in flaked fish. Stuff manicotti shells with fish mixture.
Pour half of the remaining sauce into a 1½ quart oval au gratin dish or a 10x6x2 inch baking dish. Place manicotti atop sauce. Pour remaining sauce over manicotti. Cover and bake in 350 oven for 30 to 35 minutes or till heated through. Sprinkle ground nutmeg over manicotti before serving, if desired. Makes 6 servings.
Recipe by: Better Homes & Gardens Low Cost Cooking Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #997 by L979 <L979@...> on Jan 8, 1998