Discover How To Prepare Vegetable Cannelloni At Home

Vegetable cannelloni are an alternative that we can enjoy both as a garnish and as a main dish. They accept various combinations of vegetables (carrots, cabbage, cabbage, for example)  and, if that were not enough, it can be prepared in a completely vegan way.

Preparation of vegetable cannelloni at home

1. Vegetable cannelloni (classic recipe)

To make vegetable cannelloni, the main thing is to follow the steps and instructions that you are about to see. It is not a necessarily complicated recipe or one that involves culinary tricks that can confuse you, but it does take a bit of rigor and dedication to make it work wonderfully.

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 2 cups of wheat flour (240 g)
• 2 ¼ glasses of cold milk (450 ml)
• 1 tablespoon of unsalted butter (20 g)

• 1 tablespoon of salt (15 g)
• 3 cups of previously boiled spinach (90 g)
• 1 ¼ cup of ricotta cheese (300 g)
• 1 pinch of ground black pepper
• 2 white onions, chopped
• 1 cup of mozzarella cheese (100 g)
• Nutmeg to taste
• 1 cup of Bolognese sauce (250 ml)
• 1 cup of white sauce (250 ml)

Preparation

• The first thing you should do is, separate the ingredients between those that are for the vegetable filling and what should form the pancake batter.
• To make the pancake batter you will need: eggs, flour, cold milk, butter and a pinch of salt. Put everything in the blender glass and beat until smooth and smooth.
• Ready the previous step, proceed to take it to the refrigerator and reserve there for 1 hour.

• Now is the time to prepare the filling. It’s simple, here you will use the other remaining ingredients.
• Proceed to place all the other ingredients in a skillet over low heat and begin to sauté. The idea is to emulate a bit the way of making a stir-fry.
• Next, you will add the two types of sauce and stir in the pan for 5 minutes until well integrated.
• Remove the pancake batter mix from the fridge and begin shaping the cannelloni.
• For this purpose, you need to assemble the cannelloni in this way: have a wide tempered glass tray on hand that will withstand the heat of the oven.
• Then, use a warm Teflon skillet with a drizzle of oil and over medium heat. Ladle in the pancake batter mixture and wait for the tips to brown. It will be the signal to remove it and fill it with the vegetables.
• Roll them up with your hands and arrange them on the tray. Repeat this process until the tray is complete.
• Finally, set the oven at 200 ºC and leave there for 25 or 30 minutes and that’s it. It only remains to enjoy your recipe for vegetable cannelloni.

2. Vegetable cannelloni with ham and cheese

What is promised is always a debt. Learn how to adapt the classic preparation and include the best of ham and cheese.

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups of wheat flour (200 g)
• 2 ½ glasses of liquid milk (300 ml)
•  1 egg
• 3 pieces of pumpkin (250 g)
• 1 tablespoon of salt (15 g)
• 1 tablespoon of garlic powder (15 g)
• 2 medium carrots
• 1 tablespoon of parsley (15 g)
• 1 pinch of ground black pepper
• 2 cups of mozzarella cheese (200 g)
• 1 onion
• 1 cups of turkey ham (150 g)
• 2 chard leaves
• 3 tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil (15 ml)

Preparation

1. It begins with the preparation of the cannelloni dough. Process the egg and milk in a mixer to start the batter mix.
2. Depending on the type of consistency you are looking for and how you prefer it, the texture of the dough will vary. That is to say, the ideal is that it is between the thick and not the watered down.
3. Then, after having beaten the egg and the milk, add the flour. Remember, very little.
4. Keep beating until lumps are removed. Next, you will have to season, although parsley and garlic are optional.
5. Then, you will place the finished dough mixture in a hot pan with a tablespoon of olive oil.
6. You should cook the dough well until it puffs up a bit.
7. In a separate pot, you will boil the squash, chard, carrot, and onion for about 15 to 20 minutes.
8. After time, you will remove it from the heat and let it cool and then chop the vegetables.
9. On top of the chopped vegetables, add the sliced ​​ham and mozzarella cheese .
10. With the cannelloni dough ready, proceed to fill and assemble them.
11. Preheat the oven to 180 ºC and cook the cannelloni for 25 minutes.
12. While they bake, you will start with the sauce. In a pan with an extra drizzle of oil, you will chop onion together with garlic, parsley, pepper and salt.
13. Heat until fragrant and add the tomatoes. Cook for 7 minutes and that’s it.
14. Finally, remove the cannelloni with ham and cheese, let them cool a bit and enjoy them with sauce.

Final comments

The vegetable cannelloni can be served as a single dish or they can be accompanied by a garnish of chicken or any other type of protein source. The important thing is to keep variety on the plate and not abuse carbohydrates.