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Sausage-Stuffed Manicotti

Amount	Ingredient
3	mild or hot Italian sausages
1/4 teaspoon	fennel seed
1/4 teaspoon	ground nutmeg
1 cup	small curd cottage cheese
10 ounce package	frozen choopped spinach, thawed
1/2 cup	grated Parmesan cheese
1	egg
	Salt
	Pepper
8	manicotti shells
15 ounce can	Marinara sauce
4 to 8 slices	Monterey Jack cheese
	Chopped parsley, for garnish (optional)
	Parmesan, for garnish (optional)

Preparation Tips:

1. With a sharp knife, slit open sausage casings. Turn meat into a 2 to 3 quart pan.
2. Cook, breaking meat up with a spoon, over high heat until meat is no longer translucent pink. Add fennel, nutmeg, and cottage cheese.
3. Squeeze small handfuls of spinach at a time to drain excess water.
4. Add to pan along with Parmesan cheese and egg. Stir to mix well. Add salt and pepper to taste.
5. Fill pasta shells snugly with spinach-sausage mixture, allowing about 1 inch of the mixture to protrude from each end of shells.
6. Spread about half of the Marinara sauce into bottom of a 9 x 13 inch baking pan. Arrange stuffed shells on top. Spoon on remaining sauce. Cover.
7. Bake at 375 degrees for 1 hour. Top each shell with a slice of cheese after 50 minutes baking time.
8. Allow 2 shells per serving. Sprinkle with parsley or additional Parmesan. Serve.

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