Cannelloni with chard and ricotta

Difficulty: medium

Preparation: 30 minutes

Cooking: 20 minutes

Doses for: 4 people

Cost: medium

Cannelloni with chard and ricotta cheese are a really tasty and appetizing dish! They represent a perfect mix between grandma’s kitchen and modern kitchen! Excellent for Sundaylunches, they are perfect to amazeyourguests!

Ingredients

  • salt
  • pepper
  • garlic
  • bacon
  • raisin
  • 300 g ricotta cheese
  • 100 g of Parmesan cheese
  • ahandful of pine nuts
  • 100 g smokedcheese
  • 700 g of leaves of chard raw weighed
  • a packet of pasta “cannelloni”
  • butter
  • a tablespoon of Walnut Pesto Cascina San Cassiano

Preparation

Cut the leaves and add them in a pan where you fried the finely cut bacon with pine nuts, raisins and garlic; prolong the cooking for few minutes and add the walnut cream, pepper and salt. Mix the eggs and Parmesan in a cutter until you reach a velvetly and not too thick cream. In a large pot boil the water and season with salt, cook pasta. Grease a baking pan with butter and sage. Use a slotted spoon to arrange the just drained cannelloni, stuff them before with a little of provola cheese in order to keep them wide open, and then with the help of a pastry bag, fill them with the cream of ricotta and chard. Pass the pan in the oven for few minutes in order to let the cheese melt and to form a nice crust on the cream. Lay the cannelloni in a serving dish and serve.

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