Cannelloni with bechamel sauce with ricotta and spinach

Realize your culinary fantasies. Please your family! A magnificent and very tasty dish that will decorate your everyday and festive table. It turned out very tasty! And in cold form it can be used as a snack. This is a simple recipe for cannelloni. It can also be stuffed with other different fillings. Try to cook according to this recipe and you will get a delicious homemade dish.
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 34 % 12 g
Fats 43 % 15 g
Carbohydrates 23 % 8 g
219 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 50 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    My cannelloni do not require pre-boiling. It is necessary to read on the package before cooking.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Prepare the Bechamel sauce. In a small saucepan, melt butter (60 g), add flour (60 g) and stirring intensively, pour in hot milk (0.5 l), season with nutmeg and salt to taste. Bring to a boil and remove from heat.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    And now let's do the stuffing. Boil the spinach in boiling water for 1 minute, squeeze and chop coarsely.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Fry the onion in olive oil until golden brown, add spinach and ricotta. Mix it up. Turn down the heat, add salt and pepper to taste. Add 2/3 grated Parmesan. Remove from heat.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Fill cannelloni with prepared filling. To do this, put the filling in a bag, cut off one of the corners. It will turn out something like an improvised pastry bag. It seems to me that this is one of the most convenient ways to stuff cannelloni. However, you can fill them with a small spoon, a pastry syringe or any other way.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Put 1/3 of the Bechamel sauce on a greased form (I have a glass one). Stuffed cannelloni on top.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Pour over the remaining sauce and sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese (what's left). Bake for 30 minutes at 180 degrees (focus on your oven).

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Remove from the oven and leave for 10 minutes. That's the beauty we got!

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    It remains only to put cannelloni on plates and call your household. This dish is very beautiful and appetizing, so it always looks great on the festive table. Treat your loved ones, cook cannelloni with ricotta and spinach. Believe me, this delicious dish will appeal to everyone without exception. Bon appetit!

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Spinach - 22   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Olive oil - 913   kcal/100g
  • Parmesan cheese 45% fat content - 389   kcal/100g
  • Cannelloni - 350   kcal/100g
  • Ricotta - 174   kcal/100g

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