Pasta & rice / RICETTI
Maltese household meat cannelloni
Cannelloni filled with a thick minced-meat sauce.
◷ 105 min / 6 servings
Method
- Soften chopped onion and garlic in oil. Add beef and brown.
- Add 400 g passata and simmer 25 minutes until thick. Season, add parsley and cool slightly.
- Fill tubes. Mix remaining passata with water and put half in a dish. Add tubes and cover with the rest and cheese.
- Bake covered 35 minutes at 190°C, or 170°C fan, then uncovered 15 minutes until pasta is tender.
✳ From the kitchen
An adopted Maltese family preparation with Italian roots.
Tradition reference
Mill-Kċina taz-Zija · Traditional Maltese household pasta preparations ↗Reference for the dish tradition. This recipe is an original home-kitchen adaptation; family versions vary. Not professionally kitchen-tested.