Seafood Cannelloni Recipes

CRAB AND RICOTTA CANNELLONI

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 8 to 10 minutes. Drain pasta.
• In a large bowl, mix together ricotta, 3/4 cup Parmesan, egg yolk, basil, crab, salt, and pepper.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Fill the cannelloni with the crab mixture and place in a buttered baking dish. Top the filled cannelloni with the Bechamel Sauce and sprinkle with the remaining Parmesan cheese. Bake until bubbly and the top is golden brown, about 15 to 20 minutes. Serve immediately.
• In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the flour and whisk until smooth, about 2 minutes. Gradually add the warm milk, whisking constantly, until the sauce is thick, smooth, and creamy, about 10 minutes (do not allow the sauce to boil). Remove from the heat and stir in the salt, pepper, and nutmeg. (The sauce can be made up to 3 days ahead. Cool and then cover and refrigerate.)
• Yield: about 4 cups

SEAFOOD CANNELLONI

Steps:

• Make sauce:
• Cook shallot, carrot, celery, reserved shrimp shells, and reserved scallop muscles in 3 tablespoons butter in a 2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderately low heat, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are softened and pale golden, about 5 minutes. Add tomato paste and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add wine and boil over high heat, stirring occasionally, until reduced to about 1/4 cup, 6 to 8 minutes. Add water, seafood glaze (if using), and parsley sprigs and simmer, covered, 30 minutes.
• Discard parsley and purée stock, including shrimp shells, in 2 batches in a blender (use caution when blending hot liquids). Pour through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, pressing on and discarding solids.
• Melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter in cleaned saucepan over moderately low heat, then add flour and cook roux over low heat, stirring, 3 minutes. Add warm seafood stock all at once, whisking, and bring to a boil, whisking. Add 1/2 cup cream and gently simmer sauce, whisking occasionally, 10 minutes. Stir in lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
• Transfer 1/2 cup sauce to a bowl set in a larger bowl of ice and cold water to cool for filling.
• Make seafood filling:
• Cut one third of shrimp and one third of scallops into 1/4-inch pieces and toss with 1/4 teaspoon salt. Purée remaining shrimp and scallops in a food processor with Cognac, cooled 1/2 cup sauce, remaining 3/4 teaspoon salt, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Add remaining 1/2 cup cream and pulse just until combined. Transfer mousse to a large bowl and stir in shrimp and scallop pieces and chives.
• Cook pasta and assemble cannelloni:
• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Boil lasagne noodles a few at a time in a large pot of boiling salted water , stirring to separate, until al dente, about 2 minutes for fresh noodles or about 6 minutes for no-boil. Gently transfer noodles with tongs and a slotted spatula to a large bowl of cold water to stop cooking, then lift out, shaking off water, and lay flat on dry kitchen towels (not terry cloth). Spread 1/3 cup mousse over each noodle, leaving a 1/2-inch border on both short ends. Starting with a short end, loosely roll up each noodle.
• Spread about 1/2 cup sauce on bottom of casserole dish and arrange cannelloni, seam sides down, snugly in 1 layer over sauce. Pour remaining sauce over cannelloni and bake, covered with foil, in middle of oven until sauce is bubbling and filling is just cooked through, 25 to 30 minutes. (To test filling for doneness, insert a metal skewer into a cannelloni and hold it there 5 seconds. Remove skewer and press it against your bottom lip: If metal is warm, casserole is hot all the way through and filling is cooked.)
• Preheat broiler.
• Remove foil and broil cannelloni about 3 inches from heat until brown spots appear, 3 to 5 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
• Available at some supermarkets, specialty foods shops, and More Than Gourmet (800-860-9395).

SEAFOOD CANNELLONI WITH HAWAIIAN CHILE ALFREDO

Steps:

• For the Hawaiian chile cream: Combine Hawaiian chiles, garlic, salt and enough vinegar to result in a paste in food processor and process until smooth. This mixture can be used immediately, but it will be harsh. For best results, age in a jar for 6 months to 1 year.
• Mix 1 tablespoon aged Hawaiian chile concentrate with the cream for the Hawaiian chile cream base.
• For the alfredo: Chop scallops and shrimp, then saute in the butter with the garlic in a 10-inch nonstick pan, along with 1 tablespoon Hawaiian chile cream, until the shrimp are pink and done. Transfer to an 8-quart mixing bowl.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Mix crab, mozzarella, ricotta, mascarpone and 1 cup Parmesan into the scallop and shrimp mixture until fully mixed.
• Spread mixture on a pasta sheet and roll up. Repeat with remaining filling and pasta sheets. Place seam-side down in a baking dish.
• Top with some mozzarella and bake for 8 minutes.
• Meanwhile, stir together heavy cream and 1 tablespoon Hawaiian chile cream in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Add remaining 2 ounces Parmesan and mix well. Let reduce to thicken, then turn off heat.
• Serve cannelloni over Hawaiian chile alfredo sauce and enjoy.

SHRIMP CANNELLONI WITH RED PEPPER CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Set a saucepan over medium heat. Add the butter and once melted add the diced onion, kosher salt, pepper, crushed red pepper flakes. Cook 5 minutes, stirring a few times. Add the garlic cook 1 more minute.
• Add the roasted red peppers to the saucepan (with the liquid from the jar as well), heavy cream, and Italian seasoning. Cook 5 to 7 minutes, stirring a few times. Use an immersion blender to blend the sauce to a smooth consistency.Note: If you do not have an immersion blender, a regular blender or food processor can be used, but very important to wait until it's at room temp (if hot the lid can explode off of the blender).
• Add the shrimp, ricotta cheese, 1/2 cup of the parmesan cheese, parsley, egg, lemon juice, Old Bay seasoning, kosher salt, pepper, crushed pepper flakes to a bowl and stir until evenly mixed.
• Lay an egg roll wrapper flat and spoon some of the filling along the bottom edge and roll it up (picture examples in post above). Repeat with remaining ingredients.
• Spoon some of the Red Pepper Sauce in the bottom of a casserole dish. Put the cannelloni in the dish and cover with remaining Red Pepper Sauce.
• Bake in a 375 degree oven for 25 minutes. Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup parmesan cheese over top and bake 5 more minutes. Garnish with parsley if desired.

SEAFOOD CANNELLONI

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F/Gas 4). Combine the onion, carrot, celery, bouquet garni and 500 ml (17 fl oz/2 cups) water in a large saucepan and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the wine and peppercorns and simmer for 15 minutes. Strain, discard the vegetables and reserve the liquid. 2. Cut the seafood small enough to fit in the cannelloni tubes. 3. Put the reserved liquid in a clean saucepan. Bring to the boil. Add the seafood. Reduce the heat and simmer until tender. Strain and reserve the liquid. 4. Melt the butter in a large frying pan, add the onion and cook until golden brown. Add the mushrooms and cook until tender. Add 3 tablespoons of the reserved liquid, tomato and herbs; bring to the boil. Reduce the heat; simmer for 30 minutes, or until the sauce thickens. Stir in the seafood and cream. Season. 5. To make the sauce, melt butter in a saucepan, add flour; stir for 1 minute, or until pale and foaming. Remove from the heat and gradually stir in milk. Return to heat and stir until the sauce comes to the boil and thickens. 6. Spoon the mixture into the cannelloni tubes. Place in a greased 3 litre (105 fl oz/ 12 cup) ovenproof dish. Pour the sauce over and sprinkle with grated cheese. Bake for 40 minutes, or until cannelloni tubes are tender.

SHRIMP AND CRAB CANNELLONI

Steps:

• For sauce:
• Heat oil in large pot over medium-high heat. Add onions and garlic and sauté until translucent, about 5 minutes. Mix in fresh tomatoes, canned tomatoes with their juices, basil, thyme, oregano, bay leaves and crushed red pepper and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer until sauce is reduced to scant 5 cups, stirring occasionally, about 45 minutes. Discard bay leaves. Working in batches, puree sauce in blender; return to same pot. Add cream and vinegar and simmer 15 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Refrigerate.
• For Cannelloni:
• Cook noodles in pot of boiling salted water until almost tender. Drain. Cool in bowl of cold water.
• Heat olive oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic; sauté until onion is tender, about 6 minutes. Add shrimp; sauté just until opaque, about 3 minutes. Stir in basil, oregano and crushed red pepper. Cool.
• Mix ricotta, provolone, Parmesan, crabmeat and shrimp mixture in bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Mix in egg.
• Butter 13 x 9 x 2-inch glass baking dish. Spread generous 1 cup tomato cream sauce in bottom of dish. Drain lasagna noodles; trim to 8-inch lengths. Spread scant 1/3 cup shrimp filling over each noodle, leaving 1/2-inch border on all sides. Staring at 1 short end, roll up each noodle jelly roll style. Place in prepared pan, seam side down. Pour remaining sauce over cannelloni. Cover with foil. (Can be made 1 day ahead; refrigerate.)
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Bake foil-covered cannelloni until heated through, about 45 minutes.