Manicotti w/ cheese and Spinach

12 Manicotti tubes
10 oz. frozen spinach
1 lb ricotta
1 cup parmesean (split)
¼ lb proscuitto or other flavorful ham
2 egg yolks
¼ cup parsley
1 tsp. salt
Dash cayenne pepper
Tomatoe Sauce
2 T butter

1. Boil the manicotti 8 minutes until soft and malleable. Cook the spinach and then squeeze all the water out and then chop.
2. Mix the spinach, ricotta, ¾ c. parmesean, ham, egg yolks, parsley, salt, and pepper.
3. Squeeze sauce into manicotti tubes and place in baking dish on top of small amount of sauce. Cover with more sauce and then sprinkle the rest of the parmesean cheese on top. Dot with butter and then cover with tinfoil.
4. Bake at 35o for 15 minutes. Remove tinfoil and bake and additional 10 minutes.

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