MANICOTTI LIDIA BASTIANICH RECIPES

For many Italian-American families, in New Jersey and elsewhere, the Thanksgiving smorgasbord doesn’t feel quite right without a little touch of red sauce. So you say: “Manicotti? That doesn’t really go with turkey and stuffing and cranberries.” What, you want to argue about it? Besides, Thanksgiving also represents an American expression of abbondanza, the Italian concept of too-muchness that makes a meal feel epic. Here, courtesy of Reservoir Tavern, which has been serving customers in the Boonton area since 1936, comes a recipe for baked manicotti that uses crepes in place of pasta. Nicola Bevacqua, a member of the family that owns the place, said that his own family digs into this melted-cheese masterwork each holiday, as do the New Jersey locals who drop by to pick it up. The crepes, he assured us, “are light and airy and will leave you plenty of room for the turkey.”

Provided by Jeff Gordinier

Total Time 3 hours

Yield 10 to 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 19

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : @context http//schema.org, Calories 474, UnsaturatedFatContent 12 grams, CarbohydrateContent 30 grams, FatContent 28 grams, FiberContent 4 grams, ProteinContent 28 grams, SaturatedFatContent 14 grams, SodiumContent 874 milligrams, SugarContent 9 grams, TransFatContent 0 grams

For many Italian-American families, in New Jersey and elsewhere, the Thanksgiving smorgasbord doesn’t feel quite right without a little touch of red sauce. So you say: “Manicotti? That doesn’t really go with turkey and stuffing and cranberries.” What, you want to argue about it? Besides, Thanksgiving also represents an American expression of abbondanza, the Italian concept of too-muchness that makes a meal feel epic. Here, courtesy of Reservoir Tavern, which has been serving customers in the Boonton area since 1936, comes a recipe for baked manicotti that uses crepes in place of pasta. Nicola Bevacqua, a member of the family that owns the place, said that his own family digs into this melted-cheese masterwork each holiday, as do the New Jersey locals who drop by to pick it up. The crepes, he assured us, “are light and airy and will leave you plenty of room for the turkey.”

Provided by Jeff Gordinier

Total Time 3 hours

Yield 10 to 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 19

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : @context http//schema.org, Calories 474, UnsaturatedFatContent 12 grams, CarbohydrateContent 30 grams, FatContent 28 grams, FiberContent 4 grams, ProteinContent 28 grams, SaturatedFatContent 14 grams, SodiumContent 874 milligrams, SugarContent 9 grams, TransFatContent 0 grams