Cannelloni on spinach bed

AUTHOR
Kelley Price
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 3
COOK TIME
120 mins
TOTAL TIME
120 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 5
  • 1.5 kg Spinach
  • 3 Onions
  • 3 Garlic cloves
  • 4 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp black pepper
  • 7-10 Tbsp grated nutmeg
  • 250 g Carrots
  • 1-2 TABLESPOONS Tomato paste
  • 200 ml Vegetable broth (instant)
  • 1 can(s) (850 ml) peeled tomatoes
  • 7-10 Tbsp Sweet peppers
  • 1 pinch Sugar
  • 500 g creamy ricotta cheese
  • 75 g grated parmesan cheese
  • 200 g Cannelloni
  • 25 g Pine nuts
  • 7-10 Tbsp Grease
  • 7-10 Tbsp Basil

Directions

  1. 1

    Clean the spinach, wash thoroughly and drain well in a sieve. Peel and finely chop the onions. Peel garlic and chop very finely. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large saucepan, add half of the onions and half of the garlic and fry.

  2. 2

    Add the spinach and let it collapse. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Pour into a sieve and drain. In the meantime clean, wash and finely dice the carrots. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan, fry the remaining onions, garlic and carrots in it.

  3. 3

    Add tomato paste and sauté briefly. Deglaze with stock and tomatoes, bring to the boil, simmer at low heat for about 5 minutes. Then season to taste with salt, pepper, paprika and sugar. Grease an ovenproof dish, add about 1/3 of the spinach.

  4. 4

    Squeeze the rest of the spinach well and chop finely. Put the ricotta in a mixing bowl and stir in the chopped spinach. Pour into a piping bag without spout and squirt directly into the cannelloni. Pour onto the spinach in the casserole dish.

  5. 5

    Spread tomato sauce over it and sprinkle with parmesan. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: level 3) for 40-45 minutes. Cover if necessary. In the meantime, roast pine nuts in a pan without fat.

  6. 6

    Sprinkle the casserole with pine nuts and serve garnished with basil as desired.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
470 kcal
CARBS
33 g
FATS
26 g
PROTEINS
25 g