Baked Meat Cannelloni Delight

Original, delicious, for dinner, a holiday every day! Cannelloni with minced meat baked in the oven is a famous dish of Italian cuisine; they are large tube pasta stuffed with meat. Baked cannelloni taste very similar to lasagna, with the same bechamel sauce and bolognese.
cook time: 1h 20 min
Ethan Rowley
Baked Meat Cannelloni Delight

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

208
Calories
14g
Fat
12g
Carbs
7g
Protein

Ingredients (6 portions)

For the bechamel sauce:

Milk 800 ml
Butter 40 g
Wheat flour 50 g
Salt 0.5 tsp
Nutmeg 1 g

For the main dish:

Cannelloni 150 g
Minced meat 600 g
Onion 0.5 pc
Garlic 1 clove
Tomato sauce 300 g
Hard cheese 100 g
Dry spices to taste
Salt to taste

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to bake cannelloni with minced meat in the oven? Prepare your ingredients. Minced meat is suitable from any meat, but for a more “Italian taste” it is preferable to use beef. You can replace tomato sauce with tomatoes in their own juice (like mine), ketchup or tomato paste (2 tbsp). For spices, I use Italian herbs; basil, oregano, and rosemary are also good. Take any hard cheese, I use Parmesan.

Step 2

Step 2
Peel the onion and garlic, chop finely and fry in oil over low heat until transparent. Then add the minced meat to the pan and mash it well with a wooden spatula, breaking up any large lumps. Fry the meat for 5-7 minutes until the color changes.

Step 3

Step 3
Add tomato sauce or tomatoes in their own juice to the minced meat (here you should pay attention that there are no large pieces of tomatoes, they will interfere when stuffing the pasta). Add salt to taste, ground black pepper and dry herbs. Stir and simmer the meat sauce over medium heat until the liquid evaporates. This will take 5-10 minutes, depending on how much liquid was in the tomato sauce. Leave the finished meat filling to cool.

Step 4

Step 4
Meanwhile, prepare the béchamel sauce. Melt the butter in a thick-bottomed saucepan over low heat. Add flour and, stirring constantly, fry it for a couple of minutes. Heat the milk and gradually pour it into the flour mixture, stirring it constantly (it’s easier to use a whisk). Over medium heat, bring the sauce to a boil, season with salt and spices. Cook it with continuous stirring for 3-5 minutes until slightly thickened. Then leave the sauce to cool

Step 5

Step 5
Stuff the cannelloni with the cooled minced meat. Add filling until it completely fills the pasta, being careful not to break it. It is convenient to stuff the cannelloni with minced meat by placing them vertically on a plate. Turn on the oven to preheat at 180 degrees.

Step 6

Step 6
Carefully choose a baking dish — you need to select it in size so that the cannelloni lie in it in one layer, preferably close to each other. Pour bechamel sauce into your chosen baking dish until it completely covers the bottom. Place the stuffed pasta in a single layer.

Step 7

Step 7
If necessary, you can lay out the cannelloni in a chaotic manner, but always in one layer so that when baking they are completely covered with the sauce.

Step 8

Step 8
Pour the remaining bechamel sauce over the cannelloni. If the pasta is left without sauce, it may dry out in the oven and will not be tasty. Sprinkle them with grated cheese on top. Place the pan in the preheated oven for 30-35 minutes until golden brown.

Step 9

Step 9
Remove the finished cannelloni with minced meat from the oven and let cool slightly. Using a knife, cut them into portions and serve. Bon appetit!

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