After youve made this, tryBeef and Spinach Cannelloni.
This is a reader-favourite recipe included by popular demand in my debut cookbookDinner!
I make it often throughout most of the year, except perhaps at the very height of summer.
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Yes, I love cannelloni that much!
Cannelloni is a tube shaped dry pasta about 7 cm / 3 long and 2cm / 2/3 wide.
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.
Manicotti is also a dry paste tube.
Its the Italian-American version of cannelloni.
The difference is that manicotti is larger with ridges, whereas cannelloni is smooth.
The spinach and ricotta filling in this recipe fills 18 22 cannelloni tubes, or 10 12 manicotti tubes.
And also because I like the size a better filling to pasta/sauce/cheese ratio.
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Its so good, I can eat spoonfuls of it straight out of the bowl!
Save the mozzarella for the topping.
Parmesan dont skip this!
It adds extra savouriness and seasoning to the filling.
Just store bought finely shredded or grated is fine, or grate your own.
I use it in almost all my spinach ricotta fillings.
), toSpinach Ricotta Rolls.
YES, its perfectly fine to freeze.
If using to stuff something, then thaw, give it a good mix then use per recipe.
If its already prepared, like Cannelloni, it can even be cooked from frozen.
I freeze cannelloni more often than cooking it fresh!
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The most common sauce is a tomato pasta sauce which is what I use.
It is honestly so much better than using plain canned tomato or a store bought pasta sauce!
It can take it, plus you will use up an entire box of cannelloni tubes.
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Serve Cannelloni with a simple garden salad tossed withItalian Dressing.
For a blow-out Italian feast, add a side ofGarlic Bread, or a quickCheesy Garlic Bread!
Nagi x
Watch how to make it
This recipe features in mydebut cookbook Dinner.
The book is mostly new recipes, but this is a reader favourite included by popular demand!
Did I mention his favourite place to gnaw away at it?
Smack bang in the middle of the new day bed.
He literally plonks himself in the middle.
And c’mon… someone remind me why I got a DARK GREY one??
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