Italian Cannelloni

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil or 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon finely chopped garlic (about 2 cloves)
• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
• 1/2 lb ground lamb
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 2 tablespoons cream or 2 tablespoons milk
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 dash pepper
• 200 g cannelloni tubes or 200 g manicotti, can be used
• 796 ml spaghetti sauce or 796 ml homemade spaghetti sauce
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine

Recipe

• 1 in oil in a large frypan, cook and stir onion, garlic until the onion is tender.
• 2 add beef and lamb and continue cooking until beef is brown. remove from heat and drain excess oil.
• 3 mix in half the parmesan cheese, cream, eggs and seasonings.
• 4 when cool enough to handle, stuff uncooked cannelloni noodles with mixture. spread a thin layer of sauce on the bottom of a 3.5 litre pan. arrange stuffed cannelloni in a single layer and pour remaining sauce over, being certain to cover all the pasta.
• 5 sprinkle with the remaining parmesan and dot with butter.
• 6 cover with foil and bake at 375 f for 55 -60 minutes or until tender when pierced with a fork. (during last 10 minutes shredded mozzeralla can be sprinkled on top and the foil removed if desired.).