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Cannelloni With Cheese Sauce

Source of Recipe

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List of Ingredients

2 cups Marinara Sauce -- prepared as directed (recipe below)
1/4 pound ground beef -- browned
1/4 pound Italian sausage -- browned
1/2 cup onion -- chopped and sautéed
6 large cannelloni
1 cup White Sauce -- prepared as directed (recipe below)
6 ounces cheddar cheese -- grated
2 tablespoons parmesan cheese -- freshly grated
1 freezer bag -- gallon



Recipe

To make filling, combine browned beef, browned sausage, sautéed onion and Marinara Sauce. Cook cannelloni as directed, but cook for only 3/4 recommended time; rinse and drain. Fill cannelloni with filling mixture and pack firmly into greased baking dish.

To make cheese sauce, warm White Sauce until nearly boiling; add grated cheddar cheese and stir until melted. Pour over cannelloni, coating pasta generously. Cool.

To freeze: cover baking dish with aluminum foil; place in freezer bag. Label and freeze.

To prepare: uncover and bake frozen casserole in 400-degree oven for 1 hour, or until hot and bubbling. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese, return to oven for 5 minutes to brown top.


---Marinara Sauce---
1 can tomatoes, peeled in juice (16 oz.) coarsely crushed
1/3 cup salad oil
6 garlic cloves -- pressed or minced
3 onions -- chopped
4 carrots -- finely chopped
2 tablespoons basil -- dried
1 tablespoon oregano -- dried
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon pepper

Heat oil in a 5-quart or larger pot over medium heat. Cook garlic, onions and carrots, stirring occasionally, until soft. Stir in tomatoes and juice, basil, oregano, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil.

Reduce heat and simmer rapidly, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for about 1 1/2 hours or until sauce is very thick and reduced by about half.


---White Sauce---
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 cups milk
2 tablespoons butter or margarine

In medium saucepan, combine cornstarch, salt and pepper; using wire whisk, stir in milk until smooth. Add margarine. Stirring constantly with rubber spatula, bring to boil over medium-high heat and boil 1 minute. Remove from heat.