Cannelloni With Roasted Garlic Recipe
- 20 x unpeeled clv garlic
- 2 Tbsp. extra virgin extra virgin olive oil
- 15 gm dry porcini mushrooms
- 5 x shallots or possibly button onions finely minced 700g lean chopped meat
- 175 ml red wine
- 2 x level tbsp minced fresh thyme
- 1 x salt and freshly grnd black pepper
- 12 x lasagne sheets
- 142 ml carton single cream
- 2 x level tbspn sun dry tomato paste butter for greasing
- 75 gm gruyere cheese finely grated
- Put the unpeeled but separated garlic cloves in a small roasting tin with 1 tbsp oil.
- Toss to coat garlic in oil and bake on the grid shelf on the floor of the roasting oven for 10 to 15 min or possibly till soft.
- Leave to cold.
- Meanwhile put the poronl in a bowl; cover with 150ml boiling water and place in the simmering oven to soak for 20 min.
- Drain reserving liquor.
- Rinse to remove any gut; chop finely.
- Heat remaining oil in a pan.
- Add in the shallots cover and cook on the simmering plate for 3 min till soft.
- Transfer to the boiling plate and stir in the meat.
- Cook stirring frequently till browned.
- Add in wine mushrooms with liquor and thyme.
- Cook on the floor of the roasting oven for 15 to 20 min or possibly till the liquid has almost evaporated (the mix should be quite moist).
- Skin the garlic cloves and mash them using a fork to a rough paste.
- Stir into the meat mix season and set aside.
- Cook the lasagne in a large roasting tin of bolting salted water on the floor of the simmering oven for 10 to 15 min till al dente.
- Drain rinse with cool water and drain again.
- Lay the lasagne sheets flat.
- Spoon meat mix along one long edge; roll up to enclose the filing.
- Cut the tubes in half and arrange a layer of filed tubes in the base of a buttered shallow baking dish or possibly small roasting tin.
- In a small bowl mix together cream and sundried tomato paste.
- Season with pepper.
- Spoon half the tomato cream over the filed tubes and sprinkle with half the cheese.
- Arrange the remaining tubes on top and cover with remaining tomato cream and cheese.
- Cover dish with foil and bake in the roasting oven for 10 to 20 min.
- Uncover and bake for a further 10 min or possibly till lightly browned and bubbling.
- Serve at once.
- To save nine you can buy ready to use cannelloni tubes instead of using lasagne.
- aga tip: to cook lasagne sheets place one layer of pasta sheets in a roasting tin cover with a layer of foil then add in a second layer of pasta sheen.
- The foil will prevent the pasta sheets sticking together.
- Pour over a kettle of boiling water and using a spoon press the pasta down to submerge.
- Dont be put off by the number of garlic cloves.
- Roasted whole garlic has a mild sweet flavour.
- Serves 6
garlic, extra virgin extra virgin olive oil, porcini mushrooms, shallots, red wine, thyme, salt, cream, tomato paste butter, gruyere cheese
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/cannelloni-with-roasted-garlic-98954 (may not work)