Salad with my mom's standard oil-and-vinegar, crusty bread (white, sadly, since protein-rich bran in whole wheat has more purines), grilled chicken for the kids, chicken cacciatore, white rice and this cannelloni meshed into a low purine (although regrettably low fibre and very carb heavy) meal. Our guests also generously supplied dessert from an Italian bakery - an assortment of cannoli and bignes that looked (and from what I heard, tasted) so decadent you just knew hitting the gym the next day would be a must.
I'm sending this fantastic tubular treat ( ;-) ) to Ruth's event Presto Pasta Nights!
Goat Cheese Cannelloni
Makes 12 side dish servings or, four 3-cannelloni main dish servings
3/4 cup prepared tomato pasta sauce
10.5 oz soft goat cheese, divided
1 tsp dried basil
1/2 tsp onion powder
zest of 1/2 lemon
17 fl. oz 1% cottage cheese, drained
1 tbsp non-fat plain Greek yogurt
7 oz chopped frozen spinach, thawed and drained well
2 garlic cloves, minced
salt and freshly ground black pepper
6 fresh "lasagne" sheets, cut in half width-wise
1/2 tbsp olive oil
7 oz (about 1 1/4 cups) cherry tomatoes, halved
1 oz (about 3 1/2 tbsp) finely grated low-fat Mozzarella cheese
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease a casserole dish large enough to hold all 12 cannelloni.
- In a small bowl, combine the pasta sauce and 2 tbsp (about 1 oz) of the goat cheese until smooth. Spread a third of this mixture on the bottom of the casserole and set the remainder aside.
- In a medium bowl, beat together the remaining goat cheese, thyme, basil, onion powder, lemon zest, cottage cheese, yogurt, spinach and garlic.
- Season well with salt and pepper.
- On each lasagne sheet half, spoon (or pipe through a piping bag or Ziploc) a line of the cheese mixture along the longer edge.
- Roll up pasta like a cigar, placing each finished roll seam side down in the sauce in the dish.
- Drizzle top of pasta with olive oil and spoon the rest of the sauce mixture evenly over top.
- Sprinkle with cherry tomatoes and Mozzarella.
- Bake for 15 minutes, until hot throughout, the tomatoes collapse slightly and the Mozzarella is melted.
Calories: 559.5
Total Fat: 22.6 g
Cholesterol: 43.2 mg
Sodium: 1,074.1 mg
Total Carbs: 46.6 g
Dietary Fiber: 6.3 g
Protein: 41.2 g
YUM!!! I love goat cheese, these look fabulous!
ReplyDeleteI had no idea that white bread was better for folks with gout - thanks for that tidbit. I'm a sucker for anything with goat cheese and your cannelloni look amazing!
ReplyDeleteciao dall'Italia!! e buon cannelloni complimenti e saluti laura
ReplyDeleteAnd yet another delicious way to use goat cheese. Thanks so much for sharing with Presto Pasta Night.
ReplyDeleteYou know when people really care about their guests when they prepare something they would be able to eat and not just offer them vegetables and salad
ReplyDeleteLooks and sounds awesome!
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