Spinach Cannelloni with Fresh Egg Pasta i so delicious, The recipe was quick an d easy and tasted fantastic. Serve for your family and friends, from  ABS-CBN Food Entertainmnet recipe by Giorgio Bucciarelli. 

Ingredients

Serves 6 to 8

Egg pasta

2 cups flour

1 whole egg

1 egg white

1 pinch salt

1 teaspoon olive oil

50 ml cold water

Method 

Place flour in a bcM/I. Add whole egg, egg white, salt, olive oil, and water. Mix ingredients. Turn out onto floured table and knead for 10 minutes. 

With rolling pin or pasta machine, flatten dough rto thickness of 1/8 to 1/16-inch. Cut into squares measuring four inches. Set aside.

Filling

1 cup (tightly packed) cooked

spinach, finely chopped

7 ounces skim milk ricotta (at room ternperature)

1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

2 teaspoons salt

black pepper, to taste

pinch of nutmeg

Squeeze spinach to dry then place in a bowl. Add ricotta and mix well. 

Add Parmesan cheese, salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Stir until totally mixed.Set aside.

For the Bechamel sauce

2 tablespoons unsalted butter

2 tablespoons flour

1 cup milk (at room temperature)

pinch of nutmeg

salt, to taste

In a sturdy saucepan, melt butter. As soon as the butter foams or before it becomes brown, add flour then reduce the heat. Beat steadily with a wire whisk until well combined.

When the mixture is smooth, pour in milk. Continue beating with the whisk until all lumps disappear. 

Cook for two to three minUtes. Add nutmeg and salt to taste.

Asembly

8 to 10 cups water

2 tablespoons salt

grated Mozzarella cheese

Freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Preheat oven to 375°F.

Boil water in a large saucepan. Add salt. As the water boils, add the prepared egg pasta squares and blanch for about two minutes. 

Drain pasta and dry on cotton cloth. In the center of each pasta square, place one tablespoon of filling and one tablespoon Mozzarella cheese. Roll each filled pasta square to make cannelloni.

Arrange the cannelloni in an ovenproof dish. Cover with Bechamel sauce. Cook for 15 minutes in cwen. Once done, sprinkle with fresh Parmesan on top and serve.