Name: Spinach, butternut and feta cannelloni
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 105 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 80 ml fresh chillies 573; 1 onion large, chopped; 500 g butternut cubed; 1 spinach; 200 g feta cheese; 2 ml nutmeg ground; 4 cloves garlic cloves, crushed; 2 tomatoes tinned (chopped); 15 ml fresh basil; 10 ml fresh oregano; 16-20 pasta cannelloni tubes; 500 ml cheese sauce ready-made

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Ingredients (12)

80 ml	fresh chillies — 573
1	onion — large, chopped
500 g	butternut — cubed
1	spinach
200 g	feta cheese
2 ml	nutmeg — ground

TOMATO SAUCE;

4 cloves	garlic — cloves, crushed
2	tomatoes — tinned (chopped)
15 ml	fresh basil
10 ml	fresh oregano
16-20	pasta — cannelloni tubes
500 ml	cheese sauce — ready-made

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Method:

Preheat oven to 180°C

Heat 50ml of the olive oil in a saucepan and saute´ the onion for two minutes. Add the butternut and stir well. Cover with a lid and cook over a low to medium heat for about 10 minutes until the butternut is almost tender. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking. Add the spinach and put the lid on the saucepan to allow the spinach to steam. Once it has wilted, remove from the heat and gently stir in the feta cheese and nutmeg. Remove from the heat.

Tomato sauce
Heat the remaining olive oil in a saucepan and add the garlic. Stir for 30 seconds, then add the tomatoes, herbs and 210ml water. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer with the lid off for 10 minutes. Season to taste with salt, a little sugar and freshly ground black pepper, then spoon into a greased roasting tin.

Spoon the butternut filling into the cannelloni tubes, making sure they are full. Place the tubes into the tomato sauce in the roasting tin. Pour cheese sauce over the tubes and sprinkle with mozzarella. Cook in a preheated oven for about 30 minutes until tender and golden.

Cheese sauce
Melt 60g butter in a saucepan. Add 60ml cake flour and stir for one minute. Gradually add 500ml milk, stirring continuously. Stir over a medium heat until the sauce thickens. Remove from the heat and stir in 150ml grated Cheddar cheese and season to taste.

Good idea
Keep a packet of ready-made cheese sauce on hand for when you’re pushed for time.

Words: Louisa Holst, Ideas magazine

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