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#WFD – Ricotta-Stuffed Cannelloni with Baby Marrows

Bake in the oven at 180°C for 30-40 min until the pasta tubes are cooked.

POLOKWANE – Cannelloni are a cylindrical type of lasagna generally served baked with a filling and covered by a sauce in Italian cuisine. Popular stuffings include spinach and ricotta or minced beef. The lasagna is then typically covered with tomato sauce and Béchamel to cover the top.

What’s for Dinner says this recipe includes cannelloni stuffed with ricotta, spring onions, baby marrows and lemon, baked with tomato sauce and a mozzarella topping.

Ingredients

– zest of 1 lemon
– 250g ricotta cheese
– 250g cannelloni tubes
– 4 spring onions
– 2 tomatoes, chopped
– 400ml water
– 50g mozzarella cheese
– 1 x KNORR Spaghetti Bolognaise Dry Cook-in-Sauce
– black pepper, freshly ground
– 1 bunch fresh basil leaves
– 4 baby marrows, grated
– 2 cloves garlic, crushed
– 30ml olive oil
– 1 onion, chopped

Method

– Preheat oven to 180°C.
– Sauté onion in 20 ml oil until soft.
– Add the baby marrows and garlic and cook for 3 min.
– Remove from the heat and stir in the zest, ricotta cheese and spring onions.
– Season with black pepper.
– Spoon this mixture into the cannelloni tubes and set aside.
– In a small saucepan, heat remaining oil and add the tomatoes.
– Cook until soft and add KNORR Spaghetti Bolognaise Dry Cook-in-Sauce sachet contents and cold water.
– Bring to the boil and simmer for 5-10 min until thickened.
– Season (to taste).
– Spread half the tomato sauce over the base of the baking dish and arrange stuffed cannelloni tubes over.
– Pour the rest of the tomato sauce over and sprinkle with cheese.
– Bake in the oven at 180°C for 30-40 min until the pasta tubes are cooked.
– Garnish with basil leaves.

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon. – Tom Stoppard

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