Seafood Manicotti

This is a version of my Stuffed Manicotti that I thought to try tonight for something a little different. It's easier than it sounds, and it turned out really good. I served it with my favorite Greek Salad. Can't beat it. Yummm. Enjoy! 

Seafood Manicotti

By: Christi

1 stick butter

shredded parmesan cheese

heavy cream

2 eggs

1 box jumbo shell pasta

1 large carton ricotta cheese (or 2 regular size)

1 medium bag small frozen shrimp (ready to eat) 

shredded mozzarella cheese

First boil pasta according to directions on box, drain,  and set aside to cool.

In a mixing bowl mix eggs and ricotta cheese, salt and pepper to taste. 

In a colander run cool water over shrimp to thaw slightly, and drain well. Mix shrimp into ricotta and egg mixture. (You don't want it to cook because it is already pre-cooked and it is going into the oven.. if you cook it too much they will be really tough and icky) 

With a large spoon start filling cooled pasta shells with cheese and shrimp mixture and place the stuffed shells into the bottom of a 9x13 pan. Keep filling shells until all ingredients are used or the pan is full. 

Once pan is full, place in 350 oven for 30 minutes. 

While pasta is baking, make your Alfredo Sauce and set aside. 

When pasta has baked for 30 minutes take it out of the oven, cover with your Alfredo Sauce, then top with shredded mozzarella cheese. Place back in oven for a few minutes to melt the cheese and heat up the sauce. Serve while hot with french bread! Enjoy! 

Notes: Obviously the list of various seafood you could add to this is endless. You can add any kind of meat or vegetable that will fit into the shells and change the sauce from Alfredo to a tomato sauce or even a Tomato Cream Sauce to go with your stuffing choices or just to change it up once in a while. And to be honest when I made this tonight I also added a can of lump crab to the mix. But it just got lost in the cheese and you couldn't taste it- so I wouldn't add that again unless you really like it and wanna use enough of it to overcome the ricotta cheese.