Chicken and Cheese Cannelloni

Submitted by Marli

"A delicious and hearty Italian dish. Found this in a magazine a couple of years ago."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 1 (600 g) jar chunky tomato pasta sauce
• 300 g ground chicken
• 250 g smooth ricotta cheese
• 1⁄4 teaspoon chicken stock powder
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1⁄4 cup fresh herb
• 1 (120 g) packet instant cannelloni tubes
• 30 g butter
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 1⁄4 cups milk
• 3⁄4 cup grated cheddar cheese
• 1 teaspoon cracked pepper

directions

1. Preheat oven to 180°C.
2. Lightly grease a deep rectangular baking dish.
3. Spoon pasta sauce into the baking dish and set aside.
4. Place chicken, garlic, ricotta, stock powder and herbs into a bowl and mix well.
5. Spoon or pipe the chicken mixture into the cannelloni tubes and place in a single layer over the pasta sauce.
6. Melt butter in a small pan; add the flour and cook for 1 minute.
7. Remove from heat and gradually add the milk.
8. Return to heat and cook for 3- 4 minutes, or until thick and smooth.
9. Stir in half the cheese.
10. Pour the cheese over the cannelloni tubes and sprinkle with the remaining cheese and pepper.
11. Bake for 35- 40 minutes, or until the cannelloni tubes are tender.

Reviews

[Charmy]

Very good dish!!Doubled the recipe and made everything as written all my family loved.Prepared it a day ahead.Thanks for the recipe marli i'm sure i'll make it again

 

[ReeLani]

When I finally got this together it was pretty good eating. I picked this in the Alphabet Soup game. Had a real time finding ground chicken, but finally did. I'd never cooked it before and I'm sure that if I hadn't left it in the oven a wee bit too long it would have been more tender. The sauce, though, was great and I'm sure I'll make this again when the weather cools down.