Sausage-Stuffed Manicotti
- 10 uncooked manicotti
- cooking spray
- 1 lb sweet turkey Italian sausage
- 1 1/2 cups onions, chopped
- 1 cup green bell pepper, chopped
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 cups nonfat milk
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 1/2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 2 cups tomato-basil pasta sauce
- 1/4 cup grated fresh parmesan cheese
- Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat.
- Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Remove casings from sausage. Add sausage to pan; cook 5 minutes or until browned, stirring to crumble. Add onion and bell pepper to pan; saute 5 minutes or until tender.
- Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in flour; cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly with a whisk. Remove from heat; gradually add milk, stirring with a whisk. Return pan to heat; bring to a boil. Cook 6 minutes or until thickened, stirring constantly with a whisk. Remove from heat; stir in black pepper. Add 1/2 cup milk mixture to sausage mixture; stir well.
- Preheat oven to 350u0b0.
- Spoon about 1/3 cup sausage mixture into each manicotti; arrange manicotti in a single layer in a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle mozzarella over manicotti; spread remaining milk mixture evenly over mozzarella. Top milk mixture with pasta sauce, spreading to cover. Sprinkle with Parmesan. Bake at 350u0b0 for 35 minutes or until bubbly.
manicotti, cooking spray, sweet turkey italian sausage, onions, green bell pepper, butter, flour, nonfat milk, black pepper, mozzarella cheese, tomatobasil, parmesan cheese
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/sausage-stuffed-manicotti-514101 (may not work)