Italian Cannelloni

A community recipe by maja_pravo

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Introduction

This is a recipe that I have always been proud, because behind it lies a little history regarding my trip to Italy a few years ago. I first tried Cannelloni in a small resort near the town of Lido di Jaso in Italy, and I immediately fell in love with them. Infatuated with Italian food, I ran into the kitchen and asked the chef for the recipe. This is a original recipe with a little my touch (and guess what - the bigest vegetarian I know tried it!)

Ingredients

Serves: 2

Metric Cups

8 cannelloni pasta
200 grams minced beef (meat mixture)
250 grams tomato sauce
50 grams butter
1 onion
1 teaspoon fresh oregano
8 slices mozzarella (or gouda)
2 pinches of salt
1 pinch of pepper
olive oil

8 cannelloni pasta
7 ounces ground beef (meat mixture)
8⅚ ounces tomato sauce
1¾ ounces butter
1 onion
1 teaspoon fresh oregano
8 slices mozzarella (or gouda)
2 pinches of salt
1 pinch of pepper
olive oil

Method

Italian Cannelloni is a community recipe submitted by maja_pravo and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

Fry in olive oil chopped onions on small cubes, than add the minced meat.
Fry meat until it catches the color.
Add salt, pepper, oregano, and about three tablespoons of tomato sauce.
Set aside to cool slightly.
Fill the cannelloni with minced meat (do not squeeze meat too much, otherwise it would be too hard).
Baking dish brush with a little olive oil, cover the bottom with half the tomato sauce and arrange Cannelloni next to each other.
The rest of the tomato sauce, pour over the top of Cannelloni making sure that they are good cover, otherwise it will remain hard.
On tomato sauce arrange slices of mozzarella or grated Gouda and chopped butter leaves.
Bake in a pre-heated oven for about 30 minutes at 180°C.

Fry in olive oil chopped onions on small cubes, than add the minced meat.
Fry meat until it catches the color.
Add salt, pepper, oregano, and about three tablespoons of tomato sauce.
Set aside to cool slightly.
Fill the cannelloni with minced meat (do not squeeze meat too much, otherwise it would be too hard).
Baking dish brush with a little olive oil, cover the bottom with half the tomato sauce and arrange Cannelloni next to each other.
The rest of the tomato sauce, pour over the top of Cannelloni making sure that they are good cover, otherwise it will remain hard.
On tomato sauce arrange slices of mozzarella or grated Gouda and chopped butter leaves.
Bake in a pre-heated oven for about 30 minutes at 180°C.