Italian Food Recipes

Today is my birthday and so, for this occasion, I thought to prepare a good dinner for my family. I decided to cook an Italian first course and an Italian second course simple to prepare and delicious to eat. This is the first course: cannelloni with Ricotta and Spinach. Cannelloni come from Sorrento in Campania and their first name was Strascinati because the pasta was rolled and stretched by a rolling pin. Cannelloni are delicious prepared in this way but also with filling of meat and seasoned with tomatoes sauce. The second course I prepare is roast of veal with potatoes, I’ll show it in the next recipe. Buon appetito!








INGREDIENTS (for 8 people):
48 Cannelloni (1 Kg)
1 Kg of Spinach
500 g of Sheep’s Ricotta
2 Eggs
50 g of Parmesan
40 g of Breadcrumbs
Salt
Pepper
FOR THE BECHAMEL:
60 g of Butter
8 Tablespoons of Flour
2 L of Milk
Salt
Nutmeg

PREPARATION TIME: 30 minutes

COOKING TIME: 20 minutes

WINE: Colli Bolognesi Sauvignon Doc (White Wine)

PREPARATION
Place in a pan the spinach with some water and cook them for about 15 minutes.


In the mean time prepare the béchamel. In a pan melt the butter,


then add the flour and mix.


Add some milk, little by little, and continue to mix until you obtain a kind of cream.


Pay attention not to make lumps. Then add the rest of the milk, a pinch of salt and some nutmeg.

Let the mixture simmer while continuing to stir, until the mixture thickens.


When the spinach is ready drain them and let them cool.


Then place in a bowl the Ricotta, add the spinach, the egg, salt, pepper and the Parmesan.


Mix all together and if the mixture is too soften add some breadcrumbs and mix.


Now with the help of a sac a poche fill the cannelloni with the mixture of spinach and ricotta.


Preheat the oven at 180°C. Now pour some béchamel on the bottom of a baking tin, place over them the cannelloni

and cover them completely with the rest of béchamel. Sprinkle with Parmesan.


Bake for 20 minutes or until the surface golden.


Serve hot.
This is the result:

BUON APPETITO!