Bacon-Wrapped Cannelloni Recipe With Beef & Pork
I am confident that my cannelloni recipe will be the best you've ever tried. The cannelloni is stuffed with herbed beef and pork and wrapped with delicious bacon.And it doesn't stop there. I've added a mouth-watering herb blend into the passata sauce and sprinkled melted cheddar cheese on top.
Equipment
Ingredients
Cannelloni Filling & Bacon Wrap
- 18 Cannelloni Pasta Tubes
- 425 g Beef Mince regular ground mince
- 425 g Pork Mince regular ground mince
- 1 cup Cheddar Cheese Grated
- 18 Streaky Bacon pieces
- 2 tsp Rosemary
- 1 tsp Thyme
- ½ tbsp Garlic Powder
- 1/2 tsp Sea Salt
- 1/4 tsp Ground Peppercorns
Herbed Passata Sauce
- 900 ml Passata
- 1 Brown Onion medium
- 4 Garlic cloves (diced)
- 1 tbsp Basil fresh and finely chopped
- 1 tsp Chives fresh and finely chopped
- 1 tsp Parsely fresh and finely chopped
- ½ tsp Sea Salt
- ¼ tsp Ground Peppercorns
Cheesy Topping
- 1 cup Cheddar Cheese Grated
- 1 tsp Parsley fresh (for garnishing)
- 1 tsp Chives fresh (for garnishing)
Instructions
Cannelloni Filling
- Add the pork and beef mince in a large bowl and season with salt, pepper, thyme, rosemary, garlic powder, and shredded cheddar cheese. Mix all of the ingredients thoroughly.
- Carefully Stuff each Cannelloni pasta tube with the filling until fully stuffed, then wrap each tube with streaky bacon.
- Preheat your oven to 200°C (390°F). Place a wire rack on a baking tray and add each cannelloni tube onto the wire rack. Then put the cannelloni into the oven for 30 minutes.
Passata Sauce
- Finely chop fresh basil, chives and parsley. Then dice a brown onion and four cloves of garlic.
- Add a small amount of olive oil and the chopped onion into a saucepan and cook until it browns and caramelises.
- Add diced garlic into the saucepan and stir for 30 seconds to 1 minute, then add the passata. Add the basil, parsley and Chives. Stir over medium heat until it starts to bubble, then give it a taste test. Lastly, season with salt and pepper.
- Place the lid on the saucepan and turn the heat down to simmer. Occasionally stir until cannelloni is ready.
Cannelloni Second Bake
- Spread a thin amount of passata sauce onto the bottom of a 35cm X 25cm X 6cm baking dish and place the Bacon Wrapped Cannelloni on top.
- Pour the remaining pasta sauce over the top of the Cannelloni tubes and spread it out to cover the cannelloni entirely.
- Evenly spread 1 cup of grated cheddar cheese over the top of the sauce. Then pop back into the oven for 30 minutes at 200°C (390°F).
- Once ready, garnish the top of the cannelloni with finely chopped parsley and chives. Use a spatula and carefully lift out the cannelloni and serve.
