Spinach & three cheese cannelloni

Veggie pasta bake recipe for 4 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has olive oil, garlic clove, golden caster sugar, red wine vinegar, oregano, chopped tomato, spinach, goat's cheese, parmesan, nutmeg, cannelloni and mozzarella.

Spinach & three cheese cannelloni

Spinach & three cheese cannelloni

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Veggie pasta bake
Servings

4

servings
Prep time

25 mins

Ingredients

  • Garlic Clove: 3 garlic cloves, finely sliced
  • Parmesan: 100g parmesan (or vegetarian alternative), finely grated
  • Olive Oil: 1 tbsp olive oil
  • Chopped Tomato: 2 x 400g cans chopped tomato
  • Oregano: 1 tsp dried oregano
  • Mozzarella: 1 ball mozzarella, sliced
  • Nutmeg: pinch grated nutmeg
  • Golden Caster Sugar: pinch golden caster sugar
  • Red Wine Vinegar: 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • Spinach: 500g spinach, washed
  • Goat'S Cheese: 300g soft rindless goat's cheese
  • Cannelloni: 200g dried cannelloni tubes

Directions

  1. First make the tomato sauce. Heat the oil in a shallow pan, then fry the garlic for 1 min until fragrant. Add the sugar, vinegar and oregano. Simmer for a moment, then tip in the tomatoes and season. Simmer sauce for 20 mins, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes have cooked down to a thick sauce. Turn off heat and set aside.
  2. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Put the spinach in a large colander, then pour over a kettle of hot water to wilt it (you may need to do this twice). Pour over cold water to cool it down. Squeeze the spinach, then place it in a clean tea towel and wring out the water really well.
  3. Tip the spinach into a food processor and pulse to chop, then crumble in the goat's cheese and half the Parmesan. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg, then blitz until everything is finely chopped. Using a piping bag, or a plastic food bag with the corner cut off, squeeze the mix into the cannelloni tubes, then lay them, side by side, in a baking dish. Pour over the tomato sauce and top with the mozzarella and remaining Parmesan. The cannelloni can now be frozen for up to 1 month - defrost completely before cooking. Bake for 25-30 mins until golden and bubbling, then remove and leave to stand for 5 mins. Serve from the dish.