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KT's Stuffed Manicotti

Pasta - Pasta - filled - -

INGREDIENTS

Sauce

16 oz / 455 g tomato sauce
6 oz / 170 g tomato puree
1 medium sized green bell pepper, cut into small strips
1 medium chopped onion
Basil, garlic, spike, red pepper to taste
Some fake ham or fake bacon bits
Stuffing
1 lb / 450 g firm tofu
Package of chopped spinach
Palm full of garlic, basil and parsley

METHOD

Sauce

Put all the sauce in a large pan. Simmer on low heat for about 1 hour stirring occasionally. Longer you let it simmer, the more flavourful it becomes. While the sauce is cooking, prepare everything else.

Stuffing

Drain tofu and squeeze out an excess water. Mash everything together. Cook the manicotti by following the directions on the box. When the manicotti is done, preheat your oven to 350F degrees. Put some of the sauce on the bottom of a rectangular baking pan. Now, carefully, I mean carefully, stuff the manicotti with your stuffing. Place the stuffed manicotti in the pan and splatter some more sauce on top. Cover with some foil and bake for 30-35 minutes. Let cool for five minutes before serving.

NOTES

For those Italian-style festivities. This would be a good dish to impress your friends with. I was surprised at how cheesy this comes off as.

posted by Mr Falafel

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