Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, cannelloni. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Directions In a large skillet, saute onion in olive oil until tender. An old family recipe originally from an old Woman's Weekly recipe book - Its a wonderfully tasty meal, with the cannelloni (or manicotti) tubes stuffed with meat and spinach and with the sauces creates a delectable, Italian meal enjoyed by everyone. This is a very special old Italian dish that warms your stomach, as well as your heart. It is a labor of love, but worth every bite!
Cannelloni is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Cannelloni is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook cannelloni using 34 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Cannelloni:
- Make ready Crepes
- Take 1 cup all-purpose flour
- Prepare 1 1/2 cups 2% milk
- Prepare 2 large eggs
- Make ready 2 Tbs granulated sugar
- Take 1 tsp vegetable oil
- Make ready 1/8 tsp salt
- Take Filling
- Take 2 Tbs olive oil
- Make ready 1/4 cup chopped onion
- Prepare 1 tsp chopped garlic
- Get 1 (10 oz) package frozen chopped spinach
- Prepare 1 lb ground beef 90+%
- Make ready 5 Tbs parmesan cheese
- Make ready 2 Tbs heavy cream
- Take 2 large eggs
- Take 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- Prepare to taste salt and pepper
- Prepare Marinara Sauce
- Make ready 2 Tbs olive oil
- Take 1/2 chopped onions
- Make ready 2 cups Italian plum tomatoes chopped
- Prepare 3 Tbs Tomato paste
- Take 1 Tbs basil
- Make ready 1 tsp suagr
- Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
- Take fresh ground pepper
- Take White Sauce
- Prepare 6 Tbs butter
- Make ready 6 Tbs flour
- Prepare 1 cup milk
- Prepare 1 cup heavy cream
- Make ready 1 tsp salt
- Take 1/8 tsp white pepper
Directions In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat and saute the onion until fragrant and translucent. Add the Italian sausage meat, breaking it up with the back of a wooden. It is stuffed with filling, covered in a sauce and cheese then baked. It does not need to be cooked before filling, it softens when baked in the oven.
Steps to make Cannelloni:
- Crepes: In a blender combine all ingredients. Let sit for 10 minutes.
- In a well oiled 8 inch omelet pan, pour enough mixture to cover the pan. (A little less than 1/4 cup). Cook about 1 minute over medium heat on each side or until lightly brown. This should make about 12 crepes.
- Filling: Cook spinach according to directions on package. Squeeze all water out, set aside.
- Heat oil in frying pan, add onions and garlic. Cook over moderate heat, stirring frequently for 7 minutes. Stir in spinach and cook. Stirring constantly for 4 minutes. transfer mixture to a large bowl.
- In the same pan, brown the ground beef, breaking up all the lumps, drain any grease and transfer meat to spinach mixture. Add parmesan cheese, cream, eggs, oregano, and salt and pepper.
- Fill each crepe with 2 Tbs. of filling and roll the crepe. Place crepes in a baking dish side by side.
- Marinara: Heat oil, add in onion and cook for 7 minutes. Add in tomatoes, tomato paste, basil, sugar, salt pepper. Bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat to simmer and cover partially for 40 minutes. Stir occasionally. Pour sauce over filled crepes in baking dish.
- White Sauce: Melt butter in a saucepan - remove from heat and add flour. Pour in milk and cream all at once.
- Whisking until flour is partially dissolved, return to high heat and cook constantly until mixture comes to a boil. Simmer still stirring every 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Add salt and pepper. Pour mixture over rolled crepes. Top with slivers of butter and parmesan cheese.
- Bake for 20 minutes on 375. Broil for 30 seconds at the end of the cooking time.
It is stuffed with filling, covered in a sauce and cheese then baked. It does not need to be cooked before filling, it softens when baked in the oven. Cannelloni shells can be found in most grocery stores or you can buy it online. You can substitute jumbo shells or manicotti shells (which are shorter tubes and have ridges). Either of those optoins will need to be pre-cooked.
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