Cannelloni is a kind of Italian pasta, which is a tube about 3 centimeters in diameter and about 10 centimeters long. They differ from ordinary pasta in that they need to be stuffed with various fillings, and then, sauce it, bake in the oven.
There are many kinds of fillings for cannelloni. They are stuffed with prawns, soft cheese with greens, vegetables and meat. Fill sauces are also used in a variety of ways: "Béchamel", white, red sauce, or any other - your choice.
Cannelloni with chicken
All chicken lovers will not remain indifferent to the cannelloni recipe with chicken forcemeat and Béchamel sauce, and will be pleasantly surprised by the simplicity of its preparation.
Ingredients:
For Cannelloni:
- minced chicken - 500 g;
- tomatoes - 500 g;
- cannelloni - 250 g;
- onions - 200 g;
- garlic - 3 cloves;
- cheese - 150 g;
- salt pepper;
- vegetable oil.
For Béchamel sauce:
- butter - 50 g;
- milk - 1 l;
- flour - 3 tbsp. a spoon;
- pepper, salt.
Preparation
First, prepare the filling. Peel the tomatoes from the skin, and then cut them, onion and garlic. Fry the onion and garlic in vegetable oil for a few minutes until they turn golden. Add chicken minced meat, fry a little more, and then send tomatoes to the stuffing. Cook all together for about 15 minutes.
Now make sauce. First, melt the butter, then add flour to it, fry it a little. After that, pour in the milk, add salt and pepper, and cook the sauce until it thickens (the finished sauce should have a consistency of liquid sour cream). Cheese grate on a large grater.
When all the ingredients are ready, you can begin to fill the cannelloni with minced meat. It should be borne in mind that a lot of stuffing in each tube is not worth it, otherwise they can burst. In addition, so that the tubes do not burst, mincemeat must necessarily be cooled down.
After you fill all the tubes, put a piece of cooked Béchamel sauce into the mold, put cannelloni on top, and fill them with the rest of the sauce. Send it all to the oven and cook for 30 minutes at 180 degrees. After this, sprinkle the dish with cheese and bake for another 10-15 minutes, until it is browned.
Cannelloni with minced meat
For meat lovers and red sauce, we will tell you how to cook cannelloni stuffed with beef under tomato sauce.
Ingredients:
For a dish:
- cannelloni - 12 pieces;
- ground beef - 400 g.
For sauce:
- tomatoes - 2 pcs .;
- tomato paste - 4 tbsp. spoons;
- onion - 1 piece;
- olive oil - 4 tbsp. spoons;
- dry red wine - 4 tbsp. spoons;
- water - 200 ml;
- bay leaves - 2 pcs .;
- cheese hard - 100 g;
- greens, salt, pepper.
Preparation
First, prepare the sauce. Remove the skin from the tomatoes and cut them. Then chop onion and fry. To it add tomatoes, chopped garlic, a little water, tomato paste and bay leaves, put together all together for about 5 minutes. Then season it with wine, greens, salt and pepper and cook for another 5 minutes.
Cannelloni stuff stuffing, put in a greased form, pour sauce and, covering with foil, put baked for 45 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees. 5 until ready, remove the foil and sprinkle with cheese.
Cannelloni with minced meat and mushrooms
Ingredients:
- cannelloni - 12 pieces;
- forcemeat - 500 g;
- onion - 1 piece;
- mushrooms - 200 g;
- greenery;
- cheese - 200 g;
- ketchup - 5-6 tbsp. spoons;
- cream - 250 ml;
- salt, spices.
Preparation
Onion, mushrooms cut, and fry together for five minutes. Then add to them minced meat, season with salt, spices and herbs, and simmer until cooked. Pipes stuffed and put cannelloni stuffed with minced meat and mushrooms in a roasting dish. Ketchup should be combined with cream and pour the tubes with this sauce, and sprinkle with cheese on top. Cook in a preheated oven for 180 degrees, 20-25 minutes.