Sheet pasta
Cannelloni
Quick answer
Cannelloni are large tubes or rolled sheets filled and baked in sauce.
Cannelloni means "big reeds" in Italian.
Best sauces: ricotta and spinach, meat filling. Match the shape to the sauce — long thin pasta for oil and light sauces, tubes and ridges for chunky or meaty sauces, flat egg ribbons for rich ragù and butter.
- Type
- Sheet
- Origin
- Campania
- Best with
- ricotta and spinach, meat filling
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