Manicotti

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rdf:langString Manicotti (the plural form of the Italian word manicotto), literally, "little sleeves" (< manica 'sleeve' + the diminutive ending -otto), are an Italian-American cuisine form of pasta. Manicotti are very large pasta tubes, usually smooth, that are intended to be stuffed and baked. The filling is generally ricotta cheese mixed with cooked chopped spinach, and possibly ground meat such as veal, however strictly meat filling implies cannelloni and not manicotti. They are then topped with tomato sauce.. Similar to the Italian cannelloni, manicotti can be extruded in tube form, or rolled from sheets of dough, however where manicotti are pointed, cannelloni are smooth with flat ends. Indeed, the authentic version of the manicotti recipe uses a crêpe instead of pasta tubes to contain the filling, which is similarly covered in sauce and baked.