Valentine’s Cannelloni

Ingredients:

800 g canned chopped tomatoes
350 g dried cannelloni tubes
115 g cooked ham, diced
1 cup ricotta cheese
1/2 cup grated romano cheese
2 onions, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped1 egg
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp shredded fresh basil
1 tbsp tomato paste
Sal and pepper

Preparing:

Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF).

Fry the onions and garlic in olive oil for 5 minutes.
Add basil, chopped tomatoes and their can juices, tomato paste, salt and pepper.
Let simmer for 30 minutes.

Cook cannelloni in salted water.

Mix the ricotta, ham, egg, salt and pepper.
Fill the cannelloni tubes with the ricotta mixture and place in a single layer in a heatproof dish with butter.
Pour the tomato sauce over the cannelloni and sprinkle with grated romano cheese.
Bake for 30 minutes and serve.

February 14th, 2008 | Category: basil, cannelloni, cook, cooking, easy recipes, egg, food, free, free recipes, garlic, ham, healthy recipes, italian recipes, low fat recipes, olive oil, onion, paste, pepper, recipes, ricotta cheese, romano cheese, Saint Valentine's food, Saint Valentine's recipes, tomato | Leave a comment

Valentine’s Roasted Pork

Ingredients:

8 oz loin of pork
1 1/4 cup dry white wine
1 1/4 cup water
1 1/2 tsp finely chopped fresh fennel fronds
4 garlic cloves, sliced
4 garlic cloves
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Place the garlic slices in a small strainer and rinse under cold water to moiten.
Spread out the fennel on a saucer and roll the garlic slices in it to coat.
Slide the garlic slices and the cloves into pockets in the pork.
Season the meat with salt and pepper.

Place the pork in a heatproof dish.
Pour in the water and wine.
Cook for 2 1/2 hours to 150ºC (300ºF).

February 11th, 2008 | Category: cook, cooking, easy recipes, european recipes, fennel, food, free, free recipes, garlic, healthy recipes, italian recipes, low fat recipes, pork, recipes, Saint Valentine's food, Saint Valentine's recipes, white wine | Leave a comment

Valentine’s Baked Chicken with Mozzarella

Ingredients:

3 chicken breasts, half
4 pumpkins sliced
6 sliced tomatoes
300 g shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup chopped basil
1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Combine pumpkin with tomatoes and olive oil.
Distribute the mixture into 6 foil pieces.

Make cuts in the chicken breasts with a knife.
Fill with mozzarella cheese and basil.
Put on the pumpkin mixture and wrap well.

Bake for 30 minutes at 180ºC (360ºF).

February 10th, 2008 | Category: basil, chicken, cook, cooking, easy recipes, european recipes, food, free, free recipes, healthy recipes, italian recipes, low fat recipes, mozzarella cheese, olive oil, pumpkin, recipes, Saint Valentine's food, Saint Valentine's recipes, tomato | Leave a comment
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