Chickenpumpkinandspinachcannelloni Recipes

CHICKEN,PUMPKIN AND SPINACH CANNELLONI

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.

GROUND CHICKEN AND SPINACH CANNELLONI

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.