Ricotta Roll Ups Recipes

LASAGNA ROLL UPS II

Steps:

• Cook and stir ground beef, onion, garlic powder, and oregano in a large skillet over medium heat until onion is tender and beef is browned, about 10 minutes. Add tomato sauce and sugar; simmer until sauce is heated through, about 10 minutes.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch casserole dish.
• Mix ricotta cheese, egg, parsley, and 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese together in a bowl.
• Place a lasagna noodle on a work surface. Spoon one layer of ricotta cheese mixture, one layer meat sauce, and one layer mozzarella cheese atop the lasagna noodle; top with another lasagna noodle. Roll up the stuffed lasagna noodles in the jelly-roll style; place in the prepared casserole dish. Repeat with remaining lasagna noodles, ricotta cheese mixture, meat sauce, and mozzarella cheese. Spread a spoonful of meat sauce atop each lasagna roll; top with remaining mozzarella cheese and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and bubbling, 30 to 35 minutes.

SPINACH LASAGNA ROLL UPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna in boiling water until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 8 minutes; drain and lay noodles flat onto a flat surface.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir garlic in hot oil until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Transfer garlic to a large bowl; add spinach, ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, and salt. Stir mixture until evenly combined.
• Spread a heaping 1/4 cup of spinach mixture into the middle of each lasagna noodle. Roll noodle firmly around the filling. Arrange rolled noodles into a baking dish. Pour spaghetti sauce over the rolls. Cover dish with aluminum foil.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove foil from dish and continue cooking another 5 minutes. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over the rolls to serve.

ZUCCHINI RICOTTA ROLL-UPS

Steps:

• Using mandoline or sharp knife, cut 4 thin lengthwise slices from zucchini. (Refrigerate remaining zucchini for another use, or make additional roll-ups.)
• In small bowl, mix cheese, lemon peel, chopped basil, salt and pepper.
• Starting from short side, roll up each zucchini slice and secure with toothpick or skewer. Fill center of each roll-up with cheese mixture, using spoon or piping from plastic bag.
• Place roll-ups on small serving platter. Drizzle lightly with oil; garnish each with basil leaf. Sprinkle with additional pepper, if desired.

ZUCCHINI ROLL-UPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. In a small bowl, combine ricotta, 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Slice zucchini lengthwise into twelve 1/8-in.-thick slices. Top each slice with 1 rounded tablespoon cheese mixture. Roll up and secure with toothpicks; place seam side down in an ungreased 8-in. baking dish., Combine tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste and remaining 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning; pour over rolls. Cover and bake until bubbly, 20-25 minutes. Remove toothpicks before serving. If desired, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

SPINACH AND RICOTTA CHEESE ROLL-UPS

Steps:

• Set oven to 375 degrees.
• Squeeze-dry the thawed spinach very well, (is is very important to make sure there is NO moisture left in the spinach, as this will make the mixture soggy).
• Mix the spinach with the melted butter; set aside.
• In a bowl, mix the ricotta, grated mozza cheese, 2 eggs, flour, 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, salt, pepper and nutmeg, mix thoroughly.
• Mix the spinach in the ricotta mixture, mix well to combine.
• Spread the mixture onto a cooked lasagna noodle; roll up.
• Repeat with the remaining noodles.
• Lay the rolled noodles into a prepared greased baking dish, seam-side down.
• Cover with a layer of marinara sauce (you do not have to cover the rolls completely with the sauce).
• Sprinkle with Parmesan chees (any amount desired).
• Bake for 30 minutes.
• *NOTE* if desired sprinkle grated Mozzeralla cheese over the rolls the last 10 minutes of baking time.

RICOTTA LASAGNA ROLLS

Steps:

• Brown ground beef. Drain and rinse.
• In saucepan, combine sauce ingredients and ground beef, stirring to blend well. Simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• While sauce is cooking, prepare lasagna rolls.
• Cream together cream cheese and butter or margarine.
• Stir in egg, ricotta cheese, parsley, salt and pepper; blend thoroughly.
• Spread 2 to 3 tablespoons of filling on each piece of lasagna.
• Starting at narrow end, lightly roll up each piece.
• Place rolls, seam side down, in greased shallow baking pan.
• Pour sauce over rolls; top with Mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses.
• Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees F for 50 to 60 minutes.
• Refrigerate any leftovers.

LASAGNA ROLL-UPS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Brown meat in large skillet sprayed with cooking spray on medium heat; drain. Return meat to skillet.
• Combine pasta sauce and A.1. Add half the pasta sauce mixture to meat; stir. Reserve remaining pasta sauce mixture for later use.
• Spray 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. Mix egg, ricotta and 1/4 cup Parmesan until blended. Spread about 2 Tbsp. ricotta mixture onto each noodle; top with about 1/4 cup meat mixture and 2 heaping Tbsp. mozzarella. Roll up, starting at one short end of each noodle. Place, seam sides down, in prepared baking dish.
• Top with reserved pasta sauce mixture and remaining cheeses; cover.
• Bake 45 min. or until hot and bubbly.