Cannelloni

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Prep Time: less than a minute

Servings: 12

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   Warren Prince



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Ingredients   

Filling
1recipePasta about a pound
3/4cupCarrotminced or shred with food processor
3/4cupCeleryminced or shred with food processor
3/4cupOnionminced or shred with food processor
3cloveGarlicminced
1/2cupWine, White
1cupStock, Beefoptional
1 1/2tablespoonTomato Paste
1poundsGround Beef
1poundsChicken Breastground
1poundsVeal, Ground
1poundsRicottaor one small container
1someBasil, Freshchiffonade
Bechamel Sauce
1/2cupButter 
1/2cupFlour, All Purpose
7cupsMilkwarmed
1/2cupCheese, Grated Parmesan

Instructions

1. 

Make pasta. Cut into rectangles about 5" x 6" and very. thin.

2. 

Grease 2 large cake pans. Pour in a jar of tomato sauce.

3. 

Roll 1/4 cup of filling in one uncooked pasta rectangle. Place seam down in pan with tomato sauce.

4. 

When pan is filled, top with about 1/2 of the bechamel. Cover and bake at 350F for about 1/2 hour or until heated through and tomato sauce is bubbling up through bechamel.

5. 

Saute carrots, celery, and onions in olive oil until soft. Add garlic and saute for another minute or so. Season to taste with salt.

6. 

Make Bechamel:
1. Melt butter in saucepan.
2. Stir in the flour and cook for about a minute, stirring.
3. Stir in milk, stirring, a little at a time. Cook over medium heat till sauce starts to boil and sauce has thickened.
4. Stir in parmesan. Adjust salt.

7. 

Deglaze pan with wine. Reduce till almost gone. Add stock if using and reduce again until almost gone.

8. 

Stir in tomato paste while some liquid remains.

9. 

Add meats, breaking up clumps, and season with salt. Saute until cooked but not browned.

10. 

Test filling for moistness. Add more olive oil to taste. This will vary based on the meat used.

11. 

Stir in ricotta and basil. Use about a teaspoon of dried if fresh basil isn't available.

12. 

Pulse in food processor about 8 pulses. You want to make the morsels of meat smaller but not create a paste. Should remain granular.

13. 

Stir in about 1/2 cup of the bechamel sauce and adjust seasonings.

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