Cannelloni
Basil and cottage cheese filled cannelloni
Serves
4
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
This is ideal as an entrée (one or two cannelloni per person) or as a main, depending on the size of your appetite! Dried cannelloni are a little fiddly to use, so we’ve used fresh lasagne pasta sheets. They can be cut to size and they also cook through in a matter of minutes. This is a great recipe to make leftover mince bolognese do a second meal.
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250g Quality Mark beef mincei
1 onion
finely chopped1 garlic clove
crushed400g canned tomatoes
diced1 Tbsp chopped fresh oregano
1 Tbsp lemon thyme
250g cottage cheesei
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
a handful of basil leaves
chopped2 large lasagna sheets
2 Tbsp butter
1 Tbsp white flour
1 cup milk
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Method
Preheat oven to 180°C.
Fry onion in a dash of oil until soft and transparent.
Add mince and brown well, ensuring that you break up any large pieces.
Add garlic, tomatoes and dried herbs and stir well.
Remove from heat and leave to cool.
Mix ricotta with the first measure of Parmesan cheese and half of the fresh basil.
Season with salt and pepper, then combine with cooled mince mixture.
Oil a baking dish and take a few spoonfuls of mixture to dot around the baking dish.
Take a sheet of pasta and dot spoonfuls of the mixture along one edge, and roll over to form a loose tube shape.
Place tube in the baking dish and repeat until all pasta sheets are used and baking dish is full.
If you have leftover mixture, keep it warm and use to line your plates when serving up, or if you’d rather not, simply spoon over the cannelloni in the baking dish.
Brush cannelloni with olive oil and bake for 10–15 minutes until golden.
While baking cannelloni, make a light cheese sauce.
In a pan melt butter, then stir in flour to make a paste.
Add milk and stir with a whisk until well combined.
Add cheese and stir over a gentle heat until sauce is thickened and smooth.
If you’d like to thin the sauce a little, simply add a little more milk and stir until combined.
Serve cannelloni on individual plates, drizzled with cheese sauce and garnished with remaining fresh basil.
Nutrition Information per Serving (476g)
As a good source of protein, this dish will contribute to muscle recovery after a good workout.
