How To Make Cannelloni

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Cannelloni combines all the best ingredients of Italian food to form a terrifically tasty meal that all can enjoy. By using fresh pasta dough to create the crepe-like noodle, this dish helps to reinvent the traditional tastes and textures that make Italian food such a worldwide hit. The dough gives off a slight sweetness that plays off the ricotta, tomato and basil to create an aromatic and irresistible product that will quickly become one of your favorite meals to cook and, of course, consume. Plus, with its simple ingredients and short cooking time, this is a fail-roof dinner to impress dinner party guests, family members and even the pickiest of eaters. Once you’ve gotten the recipe down, you can start to have fun with all of the yummy things like meat, vegetables and herbs you can stuff them with to create a personal, fail-proof recipe everyone can enjoy.

In this tutorial, you learn to cook the amazingly delicious dish, cannelloni. This crowd pleasing recipe is sure to “wow” every time!

Cannelloni 
32 oz pasta dough
36 oz ricotta filling
24 oz tomato sauce
16 oz mozzarella cheese
32 oz cooked Italian sausage and spinach filling

  1. Combine ricotta and spinach/sausage filling.
  2. Roll pasta with a portion of the filling, ladle a small amount of sauce in the bottom of a buttered pan and spread evenly.
  3. Pack cannelloni into the pan and cover with sauce and cheese.
  4. Bake at 350F until they reach an internal temp of 165F or about 20 minutes.