Shelly's Recipe

CHEDDAR AND CRABMEAT MANICOTTI

Category: Pasta - Baked

1/2 cups cottage cheese
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
6 oz fresh crabmeat, flaked
2 tbsp fresh parsley, minced
1 tbsp onion, minced
1 tsp dried basil
2 1/2 cups tomato sauce
12 manicotti shells - cooked until almost tender (al dente)
Salt & pepper

Preheat oven to 375. In large bowl, combine cottage cheese, 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, crabmeat, parsley, onion, and basil. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Pour 2 cups tomato sauce into shallow baking dish. Stuff shells with equal amounts of cheese mixture and place on top of sauce. Spoon remaining sauce over shells, cover with foil, and bake for 25 minutes. Uncover and sprinkle with remaining cheddar cheese. Return to oven and bake 5 minutes more.

Variation: For a Florentine version, substitute 1 pkg cooked frozen chopped spinach in place of crabmeat.