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Classic Matzo Balls Recipe

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Ingredients

Directions

Step #1 preheat your trusty oven to 350 degrees.
Step #2 First, make the marinara sauce.
Step #3 In a saucepan heat oil.
Step #4 Add onion & cook for 3 mins.
Step #5 Add garlic and cook for 2 mins more.
Step #6 Add tomatoes, covered, salt and pepper & let simmer, stirring every once in awhile, pinch of sugar, for 20 mins.
Step #7 Puree the mixture through the fine disk of a food mill & then return to the saucepan.
Step #8 Reduce for 15 mins.
Step #9 Meanwhile, make your filling.
Step #10 In a bowl mix together ricotta cheese, parsley, nutmeg, Parmesan cheese, minced basil, egg yolk, salt & pepper to taste.
Step #11 Fill your manicotti tubes with the filling mixture.
Step #12 When all the tubes are filled place them in a baking dish.
Step #13 Spoon marinara sauce over the tubes & Sprinkle top with mozzarella cheese.
Step #14 (Can be put in the fridged for several hrs or overnight at this point or may be frozen.
Step #15 ) When ready to cook, place this in the oven & bake, covered for 20 mins.
Step #16 Uncover & bake for 5 to 10 mins longer, or until bubbling and heated through.
Step #17 Serve each portion with a sprig of fresh basil.
Step #18 This recipe yields 4 servings.
Step #19 --.
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