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cannelloni ricotta and spinach

Cannelloni Ricotta And Spinach

Ingredients for 4

12 cannelloni
200 gr ricotta
200 gr spinach
1 yolk
half onion
2 spoons of olive oil
1 l bechamel
50 gr parmesan
salt
pepper

For the filling
Cook the spinach for 15 minutes, drain and squeeze them then cut in pieces. Take a pan, add 2 spoons of olive oil, add the onion cut in little pieces and the spinach, cook for 2 minutes then and the ricotta and cook for another minute; when the filling get cold add the yolk, salt and pepper and mix.
For the bechamel sauce
If you want you can buy it, otherwise you will need:
0,9 l milk
50 gr of butter
50 gr flour
salt
Get the milk warm. Take a large pot, add the butter and dissolve it at low heat, then add the flour and cook for 2 minutes, mixing the butter with the flour, remove the pot from the heat and start adding the milk slowly, continue mixing; put on fire the pot and cook until the bechamel reaches the boiling.
Take a cooking dish, add half of the bechamel. Fill the cannelloni, you might need a sac a poche otherwise you can use a a bag for food cut in a corner, add them on the cooking dish, then add the rest of the sauce; grate over the parmesan, put in the oven and cook for 20 minutes at 190 degrees



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