word "pasta" (Italian pasta) literally means "dough."Pasta has a huge variety of types of pasta dough, which differ in size, shape, and even color.Among this set is released cannelloni.With minced meat, cheese, seafood and vegetables, these famous stuffed tubes have become very popular all over the world.We teach them how to cook.
To be completely accurate, complete tubes would be more correct to call manikotti, which translated literally means "muff" or "sleeve."A tube which is obtained by folding the finished sheets - cannelloni (reed pipe).
Cannelloni with meat, the recipe from the best Italian chefs
For this we need different ingredients.
• Duct cannelloni 12 pcs.
• One onion,
• Garlic - 4 slices,
• Olive oil 40 ml,
• Tomatoes red 500g,
• Beef 400 g,
• Salt and ground black pepper - half a teaspoon,
• Milk 400 ml,
• flour - a tablespoon with a good slide,
• Butter 30 g,
• Cheese flavored varieties 100 g
To understand the principle of this tasty dish, you need to think aboutwhat foods and how to be in harmony with the pasta.
Ducts need to keep the shape, have a juicy filling and delicious crust cheese.
Cannelloni with minced meat is usually prepared without boiling tubes themselves.This dish is always needed a thick aromatic sauce.
further understood that the stuffing must be sufficiently soft and homogeneous, without major ingredients that when stuffing is not to damage the test tube.Therefore, you can use the blender.To dish looked beautiful, it is desirable that in the composition of the products included sweet peppers, tomatoes and herbs.
Need minced meat to make cannelloni with minced meat that can be cooked alone or, if pressed for time, buy ready-made, from trusted outlets.
chop the onion and garlic in a blender and a little fry in oil (preferably olive).Add minced meat and fry for another 10 minutes, breaking up lumps of meat.
crushed tomatoes without skin, add to fried meat.Season with salt and pepper and keep on fire for about five minutes to evaporate a little liquid and the stuffing was not watery.
Prepare bechamel cannelloni with minced
In a saucepan with thick walls or in a frying pan brown the flour in a little melted butter (without waiting for the color change).Add cold milk gradually, stirring well, taking care to avoid lumps formed.Salt Sauce.Reduce heat and boil down until thick, stirring without stopping.If the sauce is turned thickish, do not be afraid to add a little milk.Butter sauce give this tenderness.
When the stuffing has cooled since cannelloni tubes with a small coffee spoon.Make sure the stuffing is not too much, but that was not in the ducts of voids.If you put too much meat, remove it from both ends of the tube so that it is not got himself.
in shape for baking flat and wide lay cannelloni with minced meat in a row to the tube are not stuck together.Pour the béchamel sauce, gently smooth out and send it in a hot oven for about 20 minutes.
Do you have time to grind the cheese (grated or in a blender).Get is not quite ready cannelloni, sprinkle them with the cheese shavings and continue for another 10 minutes to bake in the oven.The golden cheese crust decorate a pleasant meal.
Another option for stuffing cannelloni
chicken breast and mushrooms crushed and fried with onion.Cheese, grated parsley and mix with chicken and mushrooms.This meat stuffing tube and bake bechamel sauce.
Another option sauce cannelloni
skinless eggplant cut into slices, salt and fry in vegetable oil.Tomatoes without skin and chop fry with eggplant.Add the garlic, pepper, salt.Finished rolls pour vegetable sauce and bake in the oven.
