Spinach & ricotta cannelloni

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• Krissy

  2010-05-18 15:34:13.246607

  Krissy rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This was lovely! Bit tricky piping the mixture into the cannelloni....we used a freezer bag with the corner snipped off...quite fun to do though!

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• Mmmm food..

  2010-05-20 15:01:20.914454

  Mmmm food.. rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This was delicious!! I made it using fresh lasagne sheets, rather than ready-made cannelloni because they had none at my local supermarket. I simply spooned a line of the spinach mixture onto one end of the sheet then rolled it up - easy!

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• DeborahHartup

  2010-05-20 21:15:01.127888

  DeborahHartup commented on this recipe

  This was so good!!! My husband took the leftovers to work and bragged to all his friends about his amazing dinner! My trick for piping the mixture is to get a funnel and a chop stick, put the funnel in the top of the cannelloni and put a few spoons of mixture in, then pump the chop stick till it gets full up and then tip the cannelloni over in to the dish!

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• irritable

  2010-05-23 08:54:53.80703

  irritable rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Tasted excellent. I served with a few roasted sweet potato chips and the recommended green avocado salad and it was definitely a success. I also improvised with a wooden spoon (and my finger!) to fill the canneloni - but the reason for only 4 stars - its not worth the effort. Totally agree with other comment - will use lasagne sheets in future.

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• Jackie

  2010-05-24 14:19:54.977039

  Jackie rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made this for myself and my daughter. Once you had everything prepared it was so easy to make. I used an icing bag with the largest nozzle to fill the tubes and it seemed to work really well. It was soooo delicious and tasty.

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• LTW

  2010-05-24 19:56:59.595657

  LTW rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Very nice indeed - give it plenty of seasoning though. I would also recommend removing the stalks off the spinach and mashing the spinach filling up to make it a smooth as possible. Just my suggestions as this was very popular with my Wife and I and also our two sons (6 and 4).

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• Myra's

  2010-05-30 17:32:40.530544

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  Really nice, a family hit!

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• Gillian

  2010-05-31 12:05:14.985656

  Gillian rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Really tasty. We had this for supper when friends visited last night & it proved to be a great hit. Agree wth the other comments about making sure that the filling is well seasoned & filling the pasta tubes can be tricky but well worth it. Served with a simple mixed salad it made a very substantial meal.

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• rene_555

  2010-06-09 18:22:38.115443

  rene_555 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Easy peasy to make and tasted delicious! We halved the ingredients as there were only 2 of us and this worked fine. The only thing we would do differently if we were to cook this again would be to add more tomato as we found ours wasn't as tomatoey as we would have liked. Instead of copping the spinach we put it into a food processor which made the spinach pieces much finer and more like authentic spinach and ricotta than roughly chopping it. Needed a lot of seasoning to ensure the tomato suace wasn't too sweet, but all in all a really good recipie!

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• rene_555

  2010-06-09 18:23:28.783142

  rene_555 commented on this recipe

  Sorry error in rating, I did rate this as 4 but it appears as a 3 star?

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• Emma

  2010-06-21 12:56:37.807515

  Emma rated and commented on this recipe

  

  A tasty meal, but definitely a fiddly job filling the tubes. I think my filling was too thick because the freezer bag kept splitting every time I tried to pipe the mixture. Ended up just using my fingers!

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• claire1173

  2010-07-05 20:25:37.339424

  claire1173 commented on this recipe

  Do you mean 3 teaspoons of sugar for the sauce?

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• Spela

  2010-07-06 14:49:49.101544

  Spela rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Delicious, used icing bag to fill the tubes and worked fine. Will definitely be making this again.

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• sausage55

  2010-08-16 18:12:33.38262

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• chloe

  2010-08-20 18:36:32.073654

  chloe commented on this recipe

  Very tasty...I added sliced olives to the tomato sauce and was easy to make as I used fresh lasagne sheets. Will definitely make again.

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• Heidi

  2010-08-30 09:50:11.411805

  Heidi rated and commented on this recipe

  

  My husband took leftovers to work - I got a lunchtime text crowing about how great it was. 6 for taste but lost marks for effort. I will def. try the spinach in the food prcessor trick as i ressorted to using my fingers to stuff the tubes. Also now invested in a larger colander as it took me forever to wilt the spinach!!!

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• sweetsparrow

  2010-10-16 20:12:36.458655

  sweetsparrow rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This was worth the effort! I used a 1kg bag frozen chopped spinach, defrosted in microwave and pressed in a sieve to get rid of the water so no chopping or wilting needed, much easier. Using a thick freezer bag to pipe the filling worked well, my husband helped me and found it quite easy! I filled 6 x small foil takeaway-type cartons and 2 medium sized ovenproof dishes, looking forward to getting it out of the freezer already!

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• purplestar

  2010-11-11 22:16:09.825099

  purplestar rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Lovely recipe - a favourite in our house and on my mum's request list when she visits. Wonderful tip from sweetsparrow re frozen spinach - will definitely try this next time!

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• Mary Chappell

  2010-12-31 17:15:36.833584

  Mary Chappell commented on this recipe

  Can anyone say how to make the fresh lasagne sheets roll up without splitting? Maybe I should soak them in hot water for a few minutes? Thanks

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• sue

  2011-01-07 17:39:25.169896

  sue rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Easy to make also used fresh lasagne sheets which are much easier than cannelloni tubes and halved the recipe for 4 hungry adults. added a bit of dried red chilli to the tomatoes for alittle kick, then topped with grated cheese.

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Ingredients

FOR THE TOMATO SAUCE

• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 8 garlic cloves , crushed
• 3 tbsp caster sugar
• 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
• 4 x 400g cans chopped chopped tomatoes
• small bunch basil leaves

FOR THE TOPPING

• 2 x 250g tubs mascarpone
• 3 tbsp milk
• 85g Parmesan (or vegetarian alternative), grated
• 2 x 125g balls mozzarella , sliced

FOR THE FILLING

• 1kg spinach
• 100g Parmesan (or vegetarian alternative), grated
• 3 x 250g tubs ricotta
• large pinch grated nutmeg
• 400g dried cannelloni

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Difficulty and servings

Makes 10 servings

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 50 mins

Cook 40 mins

Vegetarian

Ingredients

FOR THE TOMATO SAUCE

• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 8 garlic cloves , crushed
• 3 tbsp caster sugar
• 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
• 4 x 400g cans chopped chopped tomatoes
• small bunch basil leaves

FOR THE TOPPING

• 2 x 250g tubs mascarpone
• 3 tbsp milk
• 85g Parmesan (or vegetarian alternative), grated
• 2 x 125g balls mozzarella , sliced

FOR THE FILLING

• 1kg spinach
• 100g Parmesan (or vegetarian alternative), grated
• 3 x 250g tubs ricotta
• large pinch grated nutmeg
• 400g dried cannelloni

Per serving

711 kcalories, protein 30g, carbohydrate 44g, fat 47 g, saturated fat 27g, fibre 5g, sugar 15g, salt 1.59 g

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