Cannelloni with minced meat in the oven

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to bake cannelloni with minced meat in the oven? Prepare the ingredients. Minced meat is suitable from any meat, but for a more "Italian taste" it is preferable to take beef. Tomato sauce can be replaced with tomatoes in their own juice (like mine), ketchup or tomato paste (2 tbsp.l.). From spices, I take Italian herbs, basil, oregano, rosemary are also good. Take any hard cheese, I take Parmesan.

2. Step 2:

   

   Peel the onion and garlic, finely chop and fry over low heat in oil until transparent. Then add the minced meat to the pan and mash it well with a wooden spatula, kneading large lumps. Fry the meat for 5-7 minutes until the color changes.

3. Step 3:

   

   Add tomato sauce or tomatoes in their own juice to the minced meat (here you should pay attention so that there are no large pieces of tomatoes, when stuffing pasta they will interfere). Add salt to taste, ground black pepper and dry herbs. Stir and simmer the meat sauce over medium heat until the liquid evaporates. It will take 5-10 minutes, depending on how much liquid was in the tomato sauce. Leave the finished meat filling to cool.

4. Step 4:

   

   Meanwhile, prepare the bechamel sauce. In a saucepan with a thick bottom, melt the butter over low heat. Add the flour and, with constant stirring, fry it for a couple of minutes. Preheat the milk and pour parts into the flour mixture, stirring it constantly (it is more convenient to use a whisk). Bring the sauce to a boil over medium heat, season with salt and spices. Cook it with continuous stirring for 3-5 minutes until slightly thickened. Then leave the sauce to cool

5. Step 5:

   

   Fill cannelloni with cooled minced meat. Add the filling so that it completely fills the pasta, while trying not to break them. It is convenient to stuff cannelloni with minced meat by placing them vertically on a plate. Turn on the oven to preheat 180 degrees.

7. Step 6:

   

   Carefully approach the choice of a baking dish — you need to choose it in size so that the cannelloni lie in it in one layer, preferably tightly to each other. Pour the bechamel sauce into the selected baking dish so that it completely covers the bottom. Put the stuffed pasta in one layer.

8. Step 7:

   

   If necessary, you can spread the cannelloni in a chaotic order, but always in one layer, so that when baking they are completely covered with sauce.

9. Step 8:

   

   Pour the remaining bechamel sauce over the cannelloni. If the pasta is without sauce, then they may dry out in the oven and will not be tasty. Sprinkle them with grated cheese on top. Place the mold in a preheated oven for 30-35 minutes until a golden crust forms.

10. Step 9:

    

    Remove the finished cannelloni with minced meat from the oven and let cool slightly. Cut them into portions with a knife and serve them to the table. Bon appetit!