Olive Garden Cannelloni al Forno

Filling Ingredients:
  • 1 cup diced red onion
  • 1/2 cup diced celery
  • 1/3 cup diced carrot
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 lbs ground veal
  • 1 lbs ground mild Italian style sausage
  • 1 lbs ground chicken
  • 1/2 cup white wine
  • 1 1/4 cups beef broth
  • 1 tsp Italian seasoning
  • 1 bay leaf
  • Salt to taste
  • Ground black pepper to taste
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 2 Tbsp butter
  • 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 3/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
  • Fresh Pasta (highly recommended but could use dried cannelloni tubes)
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup water
Sauces Ingredients:
  • 1 (16 oz.) jar high quality marinara sauce
  • 1/2 lbs Fontina cheese, grated
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 5 Tbsp butter
  • 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
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Preparation:

Heat the olive oil in a deep skillet. Add onion, celery, and carrot, and cook over moderate heat until softened. Add the garlic, and cook 1 minute. Add veal, pork, and chicken. Cook, stirring occasionally, until meat is no longer pink. Drain excess liquid and grease thoroughly. Add wine, and reduce for 1 minute. Stir in broth. Add herbs, bay leaf, and salt and pepper. Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes. Uncover, and reduce until almost dry. Discard bay leaf. Set aside to cool.

Meanwhile, melt the butter in a saucepan set over moderately low heat. Whisk in flour for approximately 2 minutes. Whisk in milk, grated nutmeg, and salt and pepper. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or until thickened. Stir in parsley and 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese.

Transfer the cooled meat mixture to a large bowl. Mix in egg yolks. Mix in the cheese and parsley sauce. Set aside to cool.

In a medium size bowl, combine flour and salt. Make a well in the flour, add the slightly beaten egg, and mix. Mixture should form a stiff dough. If needed, stir in 1 to 2 Tbsp water. On a lightly floured surface, knead dough for about 3 to 4 minutes. With a pasta machine or by hand roll dough out to desired thickness (recommend the #5 thickness setting on hand-crank pasta machine). Use machine or knife to cut into 4- x 5-inch strips.

In a pot of boiling salted water, cook the noodles a few at a time until al dente. This should take only a minute or two with fresh pasta. Transfer to a bowl of cold water. Spread the noodles in one layer on paper towels to drain.

Place 1/3 of the cooled meat and parsley sauce mix into a blender or food processor. Pulse or blend until a smooth texture is achieved, about 2 minutes. Repeat with remaining mixture until all filling ingredients are processed.

Prepare Fontina Cheese Sauce by placing Fontina, cream, butter and Parmesan in a double boiler or a bowl in a saucepan of simmering water. Heat, stirring occasionally, until the cheeses have melted and the sauce is smooth and hot.

Cover bottom of 9 x 13-inch baking dish with 1/4 inch of marinara sauce. Spoon 1/4 cup of the filling down the center of one noodle, and roll the noodle to enclose the filing. Transfer the cannelloni, seam side down, to 9 x 13-inch baking dish. Repeat with the remaining noodles and filling, arranging in single layer. Ladle the remaining marinara sauce on one side of the cannelloni, leaving the other 1/2 of each tube without sauce. Spread the Fontina cheese sauce on the other 1/2 of the cannelloni and sprinkle with the remaining Parmesan cheese.

Bake at 400°s; F (205 degrees C) for 10 minutes, or until bubbling. Run under the broiler about 4 inches from the heat for 2 minutes, or until golden.

Estimated prep time: 2 1/2 hours/p> Makes: 6-8
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