Sweet Potato Ricotta and Spinach Cannelloni Recipe

Sweet Potato, Ricotta and Spinach Cannelloni Recipe

BY: Samanta Aniston  
Sweet Potato Cannelloni made from lasagne sheets, stuffed with sweet potato, ricotta and spinach. Baked with a sauce using cream and stock rather than the more traditional tomato based sauces.  

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PREPERATION TIME:  15 min  COOKIN TIME:  45 min  SERVINGS:  4    

 

 

 Ingredients:

• 750 g sweet potatoes peeled chopped
• 250 g ricotta
• 2 cloves garlic crushed
• 1 bunch chives trimmed
• 400 g fresh lasagne sheets
• 100 g spinach leaves cut into strips
• 1 cup cream
• 700 g pasta sauce
• 1 cup cheese grated
• 1 cup chicken stock (liquid)
• 2 cups mozzarella

Notes

Ricotta in a tub is more moist and easier to stir than from the deli.
Pumpkin works just as well as sweet potato and silverbeet substitutes well for spinach.
This dish is easily made vegetarian by using vegetable stock rather than the chicken in the sauce.. If you like the sound of this recipe, you might also like this Weight Watchers Vegetable Soup.

Instructions: How made cannelloni with sweet potato

1. Microwave sweet potato until tender. Cool and mash.
2. Preheat oven to 180C or 160C fan forced.
3. Grease a large baking dish.
4. Add ricotta cheese, spinach, garlic and chives to cooled sweet potato and mix well.
5. Lay a lasagne sheet on a flat clean surface.
6. Place sweet potato mixture along the centre of the lasagne sheet and roll up to enclose filling.
7. Place in prepared dish, seam side down.
8. Continue making cannelloni with remaining lasagne sheets and filling, until dish is full.
9. Mix cream and stock together and pour over cannelloni.
10. Top with cheese.
11.  Bake for 30 minutes, until golden and bubbling.
12.  Serve with a garden salad.

Does cannelloni need to be boiled?

This is an oven-ready pasta, so it doesn't need boiling before baking, and is very easy to stuff. ... In case you cannot find already shaped cannelloni, you can use fresh lasagna pasta and roll it up.Its the best way for making Sweet Potato Cannelloni .
Cannelloni is cylindrical Italian pasta generally served baked with sauce and a filling.Some types of cannelloni need to be boiled beforehand, while for others, it is enough to use a more dilute sauce or filling. Cannelloni is prepared by rolling the pasta sheets, stuffed with some kind of filling.

What is best sweet potatoes for you ?

Look for small to medium sweet potatoes, which are sweet and creamy. (The larger ones tend to be starchier.) The skin should be firm, smooth, and even-toned. The deeper the color of the potato, in general, the richer it is in the antioxidant beta-carotene.

What is the difference between ricotta and fresh ricotta?

Ricotta salata, which means “salty,” is salted and aged at least three months, resulting in a texture more like feta. American ricotta adds whole or skim milk to the whey, producing a wetter, creamier style than the Italian versions. Ricotta has a higher caloric and fat content than cottage cheese, but less salt.

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How to choose good spinach for you ?

Choose spinach with leaves that are crisp and dark green, avoid limp or yellowing leaves, an indication that the spinach is past its prime. Refrigerate unwashed spinach in a loose plastic bag, it'll keep for three to four days. If you wash it before you store it, the leaves have a tendency to deteriorate rapidly.