Cannelloni is a variety of Italian pasta in the form of tubes about 10 cm long and with a diameter of 2 to 3 cm. The cannelloni fillings are used in a variety of ways, but the classic version is minced meat with vegetables. Cannelloni is usually baked with bechamel sauce and grated cheese.
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You will need
- For cannelloni:
- - 30 sheets of cannelloni;
- - 500 g of minced pork and beef;
- - half of red and green pepper;
- - half of the bulb;
- - 2 medium-sized cloves of garlic;
- - a teaspoon of dried oregano;
- - half a teaspoon of ginger, onion and garlic powder;
- - a pinch of paprika and ground cinnamon;
- - 200 g mashed tomatoes;
- - 80 g of tomato paste;
- - 50 ml of white wine;
- - half a tablespoon of sugar;
- For bechamel sauce:
- - 40 g of butter;
- - 50 g of flour;
- - salt to taste;
- - a pinch of nutmeg;
- - 500 ml of milk.
- Additionally:
- - grated cheese;
- - olive oil.
Instruction manual
1
All vegetables need to be washed, peeled and chopped.
2
In a pan, heat a little olive oil, spread the minced meat. Fry, stirring until tender, add onion, garlic and pepper.
3
Fry for several minutes, carefully mixing the minced meat with vegetables, add the tomatoes.
4
Mix well all the ingredients in a pan, pour seasonings and spices, mix again and simmer over medium heat for 15 minutes.
5
Pour white wine into the pan, add mashed tomatoes and tomato paste, mix and simmer for another 30 minutes, not forgetting to stir from time to time.
6
At this time, prepare bechamel sauce. In a saucepan, melt the butter, add salt and ground nutmeg. Pour the flour gradually, quickly mix and pour in a little milk, constantly stirring the sauce so that no lumps form. As soon as the bechamel begins to boil, remove it from the fire.
7
In a saucepan, boil water with a little salt and olive oil. We boil cannelloni sheets according to the instructions on the package.
8
We lay out the finished sheets on the work surface. On each sheet we put about a spoonful of minced meat - you need to do this very carefully so as not to stain the edges of the cannelloni, otherwise it will be difficult to fold them into tubes.
9
We form tubules, put them in a form greased with olive oil. After that, you can add the remaining mincemeat to the tubes.
10
Pour cannelloni with bechamel sauce, sprinkle with generously grated cheese and send to the oven preheated to 250C for 15-20 minutes.
