Sausage-Stuffed Manicotti - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    10 uncooked manicotti
    cooking spray
    1 lb sweet turkey Italian sausage
    1 1/2 cups onions, chopped
    1 cup green bell pepper, chopped
    2 tablespoons butter
    2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
    2 cups nonfat milk
    1/8 teaspoon black pepper
    1 1/2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
    2 cups tomato-basil pasta sauce
    1/4 cup grated fresh parmesan cheese
Preparation
    Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat.
    Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Remove casings from sausage. Add sausage to pan; cook 5 minutes or until browned, stirring to crumble. Add onion and bell pepper to pan; saute 5 minutes or until tender.
    Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in flour; cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly with a whisk. Remove from heat; gradually add milk, stirring with a whisk. Return pan to heat; bring to a boil. Cook 6 minutes or until thickened, stirring constantly with a whisk. Remove from heat; stir in black pepper. Add 1/2 cup milk mixture to sausage mixture; stir well.
    Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
    Spoon about 1/3 cup sausage mixture into each manicotti; arrange manicotti in a single layer in a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle mozzarella over manicotti; spread remaining milk mixture evenly over mozzarella. Top milk mixture with pasta sauce, spreading to cover. Sprinkle with Parmesan. Bake at 350\u00b0 for 35 minutes or until bubbly.

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