Chickenpumpkin And Spinach Cannelloni Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°C Put pumpkin, nutmeg, pancetta, chicken mince, spinach, garlic and ricotta in a bowl and mix well to combine.
• Cut the lasagna sheets into half.
• Place 3 tablespoons of filling at one end of the lasagna square.
• Roll up the lasagna square to enclose the filling.
• In a heavy based frypan add olive oil.
• Add garlic and onion and cook on medium heat until soft and golden.
• Add tomato passata and white wine and bring to the boil.
• Cook on high heat for 5 minutes or until sauce thickens.
• Remove from heat and add basil and season to taste.
• Spoon a generous serve of the tomato sauce over the base of a 35cm x 25cm oven proof dish.
• Arrange the cannelloni tubes over the top of the sauce in a single layer.
• Spoon the remaining sauce over the cannelloni.
• Sprinkle combined cheeses over cannelloni and bake for 25 minutes or until pasta is soft and cheese is golden.
• Serve cannelloni with a green salad tossed with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, crushed garlic and Dijon mustard dressing.

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
• First take out a skillet and saute ground chicken, onion and garlic.
• Using a spatula, make sure you break up the chicken making sure there are no chunks.
• Allow mixture to cook for approximately 5 minutes until it is nicely browned and remove from heat.
• Add your spinach, salt, pepper and 1/2 of your parm.
• cheese to the chicken and thoroughly combined.
• In a bowl, combine your tomato sauce with your herbs, adding additional herbs if you desire.
• Take our a baking dish and put a thin layer of sauce on the bottom of the baking dish.
• Place a small amount (about 1/3 cup) of your chicken mixture into your egg roll wrapper.
• You will want to make a bunched line with the mixture closer to one side of the wrapper, making sure that you are placing it lengthwise down the longer side of the wrapper.
• Fold the shorter side of the wrapper in (the side that runs lengthwise next to the mixture) completely over the mixture, and then fold over both sides of the wrapper that run the other direction.
• Then you will want to go to the end with the mixture and start folding (rolling) it tightly to make a cylinder.
• Make sure that when you come to the end of the last edge, that it is sealed tightly.
• Place the closed, filled wrappers into your baking dish and top with the remaining sauce and parm cheese.
• Top with remaining sauce and sprinkle with remaining parmesan cheese and the 1/2 cup of mozzerella cheese.
• Place your baking dish in the oven and bake for 40 minutes.

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 180°C.
• In a large bowl combine the pork mince, ricotta, spinach leaves, eggs, lemon thyme and pepper and mix well.
• Place the pork mixture into a piping bag with a large 4 cm plain tube.
• Lay the lasagne sheets on flat board and cut sheets into 2 or 3 sections depending upon size.
• Pipe the pork mixture onto the centre of each sheet of pasta. Roll to enclose filling. Brush the edge with a little water to seal. Place each roll fold side down in a shallow oven-proof dish in a single layer.
• Pour over the tomato pasta sauce and sprinkle surface with grated mozzarella cheese.
• Bake in the pre-heated oven for 25-30 minutes until cheese is bubbling. Serve hot with crisp garden salad.
• Note:.
• This dish can be prepared ahead of time and refrigerated for 48 hours prior to baking.

Steps:

• .Stuffed Cannelloni.
• In large skillet, combine meat, onion and garlic. Cook until onion is tender and meat is brown. Remove from heat. Cool. Add spinach, eggs, crumbs, ¼ cup (50 mL) of the cheese, oregano, salt and pepper. Stuff uncooked cannelloni with meat mixture. Pour thin layer of tomato sauce on bottom of 13x9-inch (3.5 L) pan. Arrange cannelloni in single layer. Pour remaining sauce over, being certain to cover all pasta. Sprinkle graded mozzarella cheese. Cover with aluminum foil. Bake in 375°F (190?C) oven about 1 hour or until tender. 6 to 8 servings. Take off aluminium foil 35mins after initial start and continu cooking for the remainder of the hour.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, simmer the chicken breasts, onion, broth, wine, and thyme, until chicken is done.
• Remove the chicken breasts to a plate and allow them to cool slightly.
• While the chicken breasts are cooling, strain the chicken broth to remove the onions and thyme.
• Reserve the broth into a large saucepan.
• Put the onions and thyme into your food processor.
• Chop or tear the chicken into big chunks, and put into food processor with the onions and thyme.
• Pulse the chicken in the food processor until finely chopped (you may need to divide the chicken into 2 batches).
• (I've also used my old, heavy meat grinder for this).
• Prepare spinach, if using. Wash well, chop, and lightly sauté in a saucepan with 2 tbs olive oil until done to your preference. I personally don't like "mushy" spinach. You may also substitute frozen chopped spinach, but be sure to squeeze it out really well.
• In a large bowl, mix the chicken/onion mixture with the ricotta and cottage cheese, spinach, 1/2 c parmesan, nutmeg, and white pepper.
• Mix thoroughly; set aside.
• In a large saucepan, melt butter.
• Whisk in flour, stirring constantly so it doesn't burn.
• Whisk in the reserved chicken broth, stirring constantly.
• Add the wine, and then the milk, stirring constantly, until sauce is velvety-smooth.
• Simmer, stirring frequently, about 20 minutes, while you start to assemble the canneloni.
• Assemble the canneloni: Lay 4-5 egg roll wraps out on the counter.
• Place approx 1/2 to 1 cup of chicken/cheese filling on center of wrap, and roll up, setting aside.
• Repeat until you're done.
• When sauce is done simmering, pour approx 1 cup sauce on the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish.
• Tilt, to make sure it's spread evenly.
• Arrange canneloni in dish, and top with remaining sauce.
• Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup parmesan.
• Cover with foil, and bake at 350 for about 30 minutes.
• During last 10 minutes, take the foil off so that the parmesan browns.
• Allow to sit for about 10 minutes before serving.