This is a repeat from 2016. I wanted to make it again, so thought I'd share it with y'all at the same time (plus it'll make it easier to find the recipe!). :) So, enjoy again!
I saw this wonderful, ooey, gooey, cheesy recipe on Pinterest and knew I had to make it. So I pinned it to my cooking board. Then when we were discussing our menu for Christmas Day (and my traditional beef roast was axed), I decided to make pasta and went straight to Pinterest.
The recipe for Baked Cannelloni is from Johnsonville (Who else besides me can't say that name without thinking of the old TV commercial where they call all the neighbors-- "Johnsonville braaaats"?). :) You can find the recipe at Johnsonville.com by clicking here.
I'll tell you right now that the recipe was delicious. But it was very time consuming. Probably one that I won't make again for that reason. Of course, part of the reason it felt so tiring was that it was Christmas Day, and I'd been up until 3:30 am getting ready. Then had cooked breakfast, gone to church, and then cooked lunch. So maybe I should give it another chance! If you don't mind all the steps, then be sure to try it. Everyone loved it.
You can find the list of ingredients at the original link. A couple of notes:
--I used 1 package sweet Italian sausage links.
--I could NOT find cannelloni pasta at Kroger or Publix so just bought large shell pasta (I was afraid manicotti tubes would break while stuffing them with meat).
--I only baked for 30 minutes and that was plenty.
--I only baked for 30 minutes and that was plenty.
I'll share my photos...
Cooking the vegetables.
The sausage before removing from the casings (Oops. I bought store brand without thinking about where the recipe came from!)
Making the béchamel sauce. Which is basically the white gravy that I make (with sausage) for our favorite breakfast food. :) For this recipe, you add cheese. :)
Adding the egg yolks.
The baking dish with some of the béchamel sauce for the first layer.
The shells stuffed with the meat, vegetable and sauce mixture.
And, no big surprise, with the craziness of Christmas Day dinner I forgot to take a photo before we nearly ate the whole pan of pasta! Here's the last little bit with the yummy browned cheese on top.
So, if you don't mind a recipe that takes a good while to prepare, you may want to give this one a try. Enjoy!
Missy, I will need a reminder to try this once the weather morphs to fall... it sounds marvelous and I wonder how it would be with the Italian turkey sausage that our market carries???
ReplyDeleteLacey does a great Zoodle dish with that turkey sausage and it's wonderful, but then... I love pork sausage. So maybe I'll just make it that way and love, love, love it!!!
This looks marvelous!
There is hope for fall. Our days still go into the 80's, but we're dipping into the 50's in the overnights. Definitely a fall feeling in the air!
DeleteRuthy, I think this is definitely for cooler weather. Which Jan will be having before we know it!
DeleteI think turkey sausage would work great!
This looks so good!
ReplyDeleteAnd on my journey out of lactose intolerance (still in the experimental stages), I'm starting to eat cheese again...YUM!
That sweet Italian sausage is my favorite for dishes like this. It has the perfect amount of spiciness without overwhelming the rest of the flavors.
Hmm...I think I know what's going on next week's menu!
Jan, I hope you're able to keep eating cheese! If I had to pick one thing I couldn't give up, it would probably be cheese. Or pasta. Well, mainly pasta with cheese!
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