Pumpkin and Sausage Manicotti

Name: Pumpkin and Sausage Manicotti
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 710 milliliters Alfredo pasta sauce (from two 16-oz jars); 454 grams bulk Italian pork sausage; 237 milliliters canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix); 1 egg; 1 leave Fresh sage if desired; 2 Tbsps finely chopped fresh sage leaves; 2 large cloves garlic, finely chopped; 227 grams cups shredded Italian cheese blend or mozzarella cheese; 118 milliliters shredded Parmesan cheese; 425 grams container part-skim ricotta cheese; 16 uncooked manicotti pasta shells; 1 teaspoons freshly ground pepper

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Pumpkin and Sausage Manicotti a try. This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains approximately 28g of protein, 43g of fat, and a total of 551 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 15 minutes. If you have pepper, manicotti pasta shells, pumpkin, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the egg you could follow this main course with the Rose Levy Beranbaum's Chocolate Tomato Cake with Mystery Ganache as a dessert.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350F. Cook and drain pasta shells as directed on package, using minimum cook time. Meanwhile, in 12-inch skillet, cook sausage, garlic and 1 tablespoon of the chopped sage over medium heat 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sausage is no longer pink; drain.

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Pasta Shells

Sausage

Garlic

Sage

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Frying Pan

Oven

In medium bowl, beat egg. Stir in ricotta cheese, pumpkin, Parmesan cheese, pepper, 1 cup of the Italian cheese, remaining 1 tablespoon chopped sage and the sausage.

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Parmesan

Italian Cheese

Ricotta Cheese

Pumpkin

Sausage

Pepper

Sage

Egg

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Bowl

Spread 1 cup of the Alfredo sauce in ungreased 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish. Fill pasta shells with sausage mixture. Arrange stuffed shells over sauce in dish.

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Stuffed Shells