Vegetable Stuffed Cannelloni

Description

Delicious cannelloni stuffed with an array of vegetables, Parmesan, and ricotta cheese! Serve with a big green salad. Tasty!

Ingredients

  • 8 cannelloni noodles
  • 5 cloves garlic, minced
  • 5 shallots, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 cup dry sherry
  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 cup fresh sliced mushrooms
  • 1 zucchini, chopped
  • 1 small eggplant, diced
  • 2 roasted red bell peppers, diced
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • ¾ cup ricotta cheese
  • 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions

  1. In a large pot of salted water
  2. parboil cannelloni. (Parboiling is partially cooking the noodles in boiling water; they will finish cooking when baked.)
  3. Meanwhile
  4. cook 2 cloves garlic and 2 shallots in 1 tablespoon olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat for 30 seconds. Pour in sherry
  5. raise heat to high
  6. and reduce liquid by half. Stir in cream
  7. and reduce until there is about 1 1/2 cups liquid. Remove from heat
  8. and season with salt and pepper to taste. Set cream sauce aside.
  9. In a large skillet
  10. heat one tablespoon olive oil over medium heat. Cook onion
  11. 3 shallots
  12. 3 cloves garlic
  13. mushrooms
  14. zucchini
  15. and eggplant in olive oil until all vegetables are tender. Transfer to a large bowl. Stir in red peppers
  16. basil
  17. oregano
  18. ricotta
  19. and Parmesan cheese. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Set filling aside.
  20. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease one 9×13 inch baking dish. Stuff vegetable/cheese filling into cannelloni. Place in prepared baking dish
  21. and cover with cream sauce.
  22. Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes.

Prep Time: 45 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins

Servings: 8

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