Recipe
Italian Cannelloni with White Sauce- Cannelloni con la Besciamella
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Preparation time : 1 Hrs 20 Min
Cooking time : 40 Min
Level of difficulty : Medium
Ingredients
8 servings
- For the white sauce: (makes approx 6 cups sauce):
- 4 1/2 oz (125 gr) butter
- 5 1/2 oz (150 gr) flour
- 5 1/3 cup (1250 cc) milk
- salt
- 2 1/2 oz (75 gr) parmigiano cheese, freshly grated
- A Pinch of nutmeg
- For the filling:
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 1/2 lb (1 kg) ground beef, or mix of different ground meats
- salt and pepper
- 3 oz (90 gr) Parmigiano cheese, freshly grated
- A pinch of nutmeg
- For the cannelloni:
- 20 dry no-boil cannelloni (manicotti)
- 3 oz (90 gr) Parmigiano cheese, freshly grated
Preparation
1. Preparing the Balsamella white sauce
- Place butter in a saucepan and turn the heat to low. When the butter is melted, remove the saucepan from the stove.
- Sift the flour into the butter a little at a time stirring continuously to combine them.
- Add the hot milk a little at a time.
- Put the saucepan back on the stove and slowly stir with a wooden spoon, until the sauce starts boiling and becomes thicker.
- Turn heat off. Add salt, and stir in the grated parmigiano cheese and pinch of nutmeg
2. Preparing the filling
- In a frying pan put the butter and olive oil, on medium heat. When the oil is hot add the ground meat, salt and pepper. Cook, stirring and breaking the meat in small particles, until browned..
- Add 3 - 4 tablespoons of white sauce, nutmeg, and the Parmigiano cheese. Mix well and transfer to a bowl.
3. Assembling the cannelloni:
- Preheat oven 350 F (175 C). Butter one flat oven pans approximately 11 x 14 inch (27 x 35 cm). Spread approximately 1/2 cup of white sauce on the bottom of the pan
-Stuff the dry cannelloni with the meat filling and place them in the pans side by side.
- Top the cannelloni evenly with the rest of the white sauce and the Parmigiano cheese. Cover the pan with aluminium foil. Bake for about 30 minutes.
- Remove the foil and bake few more minutes until the surface starts coloring, and the cannelloni are soft when tested with a fork.
- Remove from the oven and set aside. Serve after approximately 5 minutes
