Cannelloni in béchamel sauce

AUTHOR
Bill Macdonald
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 5
COOK TIME
45 mins
TOTAL TIME
45 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 1/2 TEASPOON Turmeric
  • 1 Onion
  • 1 glass (235 g initial sample weight; separation weight 160 g) roasted red pepper
  • 1 Stalk leek (leek)
  • 20 Cannelloni
  • 1 TABLESPOON Oil
  • 600 g mixed minced meat
  • 4 TABLESPOONS Tomato paste
  • 30 g Butter or margarine
  • 30 g Flour
  • 250 ml Vegetable broth (instant)
  • 250 ml Milk
  • 2 stem(s) Oregano
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper

Directions

  1. 1

    Boil water for the pasta. Add salt and turmeric. Peel onion and cut into small cubes. Put the bell peppers in a sieve and let them drain. Clean, wash and cut leek into small pieces.

  2. 2

    Cook the cannelloni in the salt-turmeric water for about 4 minutes. Heat the oil in a pan and fry the minced meat in it until crumbly. Cut the peppers into small cubes. Remove the cannelloni from the water and rinse with cold water.

  3. 3

    After 4 minutes add leek, paprika and tomato paste to the mince and fry for about 3 minutes. Add 100 ml of water and fry until the water has boiled away. Put the mince in a bowl. Drain the cannelloni and carefully fill with the minced meat.

  4. 4

    Place filled cannelloni side by side on a tray and pour hot water over them until the bottom is covered. Keep the tray warm in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 100 °C/ convection oven: 75 °C/ gas: level 1).

  5. 5

    Melt the fat. Stir in flour and sweat for about 5 minutes while stirring. Add stock and milk while stirring, bring to the boil and simmer for about 1 minute. Wash oregano and dab dry. Season béchamel with salt and pepper.

  6. 6

    Arrange the cannelloni on the béchamel and garnish with oregano.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
760 kcal
CARBS
48 g
FATS
42 g
PROTEINS
41 g

Categories & Tags

Main DishesPastainexpensive