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Cannelloni with Spinach and light Cream Cheese

Written by Published on Updated on February 20, 2024 in Main dishes, Mediterranean cuisine

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Another delicious recipe I posted back in 2019,  stuffed Cannelloni yummmmmy.!! 🙂

 

Hello foodie friends, 🙂

Back with another recipe today, Pastaaaaa let’s all say P A S T A!!! Cannelloni with Spinach and light Cream Cheese recipe.  I love Italian Food, Lasagna, Linguini, Tagliatte Pasta. I think I love Italian food just as much as Greek food.  A few years ago, while driving down to the port of Ancona with hubby to catch the ship for Greece, we stopped and entered an Italian Supermarket, otherwise known in Italy as Supermerkato.  I started to walk around and finally found the Pasta Isle.  I was shocked at what I had encountered.  Shelves from top to bottom filled with Pasta,  I counted 7 Isles of Pasta.  Seriously!!

The original Italian recipe for Cannelloni stuffed with Spinach, and light cream cheese also calls for Basil and Ricotta Cheese.  So, I thought it was time to tweak, so I did many years ago. 🙂 I omitted the Ricotta cheese and basil and added light Cream Cheese, Dill, and Parmesan into the filling.  The outcome was amazing!

One of the reasons why I enjoy cooking so much is because I feel like a scientist, always experimenting, and mixing up ingredients.  Like a mix-and-match combination. hehehehe

Now, here is a bit of information you may not know.  Last week, I spoke with a student from Italy, actually from Bologna.  She told me that Spaghetti Bolognese does not exist in that region.  It is a phrase that Tourists came up with over the years. 🙂  The original Bolognese recipe is made with homemade Tagliatte!  I was surprised when she told me.  

That’s about it for now 🙂  Wishing you all a great day!!

Cannelloni stuffed with Spinach and Light Cream Cheese Recipe

Baked Cannelloni with Spinach and Light Cream Cheese Recipe

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An Italian-style pasta dish filled with Spinach, Dill, and Cream Cheese
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Main Course
Cuisine Mediterranean
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 800/5 grams/cups Spinach
  • 1/2 cup Dill (chopped)
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 tbsp Smoked Paprika
  • 2 cups light cream Cheese
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 15 pieces Cannelloni
  • 1 cup Parmesan Cheese
  • 2 cups Mozzarella Cheese
  • 6 cups Homemade Tomato Sauce/ready-made sauce

Instructions
 

  • Wash and Drain Spinach
  • Add 1 cup of water into a sauce pot and boil Spinach for 1 minute.
  • Drain and cool Spinach.
  • Place Spinach, Light Cream Cheese, Eggs, Parmesan Cheese, Salt, Smoked Paprika, and Dill into a Food Processor and blend for a few seconds.
  • Fill the Cannelloni Spinach mix.
  • Layer the bottom part of the baking pan. Continue to place the Cannelloni and top with Homemade Tomato Sauce and Mozzarella Cheese.
  • Cover the baking pan with a piece of Aluminum Foil and bake for 45 minutes.
  • Serve hot
Keyword Oven Bake

KALI MAS OREXI!!! 🙂

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Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

15 Comments

  1. dtills
    October 9, 2019 at 4:11 pm  ·  Reply

    i like Italian too, but after tasting your greek dishes in person, I think I might have a new favorite!!!

  2. crushedcaramel
    October 9, 2019 at 4:57 pm  ·  Reply

    I make a spinach and ricotta cannelloni – love love love it! One of my favourite dishes 🙂

  3. Jana
    October 10, 2019 at 10:41 am  ·  Reply

    I usually steer clear of pasta, but this is making me crave it like crazy! Looks stunning, and so delicious. Gotta try it!

  4. FrugalHausfrau
    October 12, 2019 at 8:29 pm  ·  Reply

    Look delish!! I also had to laugh about the spaghetti Bolognese!

    • foodzesty
      October 16, 2019 at 5:02 am  ·  Reply

      hahhahahah I am so glad you enjoyed it!! How are you Mollie? 🙂

      • FrugalHausfrau
        October 17, 2019 at 7:13 am

        I’m doing ok! Hope you’re the same. I am having my shoulder operated on this Friday, so wish me luck and send any prayers my way!!

      • foodzesty
        October 23, 2019 at 4:57 am

        Hi Mollie, OMG Good Luck with the operation. I do hope everything goes well. I am stil dealing with my husband’s heart attack…He is recovering but things have changed. Let me know how the operation went. Sending you hugeee hugs and get well soon.

      • FrugalHausfrau
        October 23, 2019 at 5:14 am

        Done now! The first few days were brutal but now it’s feeling better. Oh gosh, so glad your hubs is ok! You’ll need to cook heart healthy now!?

      • foodzesty
        October 23, 2019 at 7:34 am

        I am so glad you are doing better. Are you able to move your arm/shoulder? Thanks Mollie we still have a way to go.

  5. Americaoncoffee
    May 23, 2023 at 8:50 am  ·  Reply

    I can taste the flavor! 💋😘

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