Crab Stuffed Manicotties

One Package Manicotti

8 oz Crab Meat

8 oz Whipped Cream Cheese

Juice and Zest of one Lemon

3 Garlic Cloves, grated

1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese

1/2 cup Panko Bread Crumbs

1/2 cup Cilantro, chopped

1/2 cup Green Onion, chopped

1 cup Fontina Cheese, shredded

Wine Sauce

1/2 stick Butter

1/2 cup White Wine

1/2 cup Half and Half

Fresh Black Pepper

Pinch of Nutmeg

Cook Manicotti according to directions. 

Mix the rest of the ingredients together, but the fontina cheese and reserving some green onion for topping cooked manicotti.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Preheat a skillet, melt the butter, add the white wine, and cook until reduced by half.  Add half and half, black pepper, and a pinch of nutmeg. Cook until reduced in half again.

Pour some sauce on the bottom of the baking dish. Stuff pasta with the crab filling, makes 11-12. Pour the rest of the sauce over the stuffed pasta and top it with shredded Fontina Cheese. 

Bake for 15-20 minutes.  Top with green onion and serve.

Serves 5-6