Oven Baked Cabbage Cannelloni

Stuffed with ricotta and spinach, Tom’s roasted cherry tomato sauce, bechamel, and parsley breadcrumbs

INGREDIENTS

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The Cabbage

4 large Savoy cabbage leaves

1 litre water

12g salt

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Ricotta & Spinach Filling

500g spinach (washed)

1 onion, finely diced

250g ricotta

1 medium egg

1 clove garlic, crushed

30g extra virgin olive oil

10 pitted black olives, chopped

50g grated Parmigiano Reggiano

1 pinch grated nutmeg

30g breadcrumbs

6g Maldon salt

6–8 turns milled pepper

1 small red chili, finely chopped (optional)

2g chopped thyme

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Tom’s Cherry Tomato Sauce

450g cherry tomatoes, halved

100g onions, finely chopped

2 banana shallots, finely chopped

3 cloves garlic, finely chopped

1 glass white wine

2 tbsp white wine vinegar

45ml olive oil

½ tsp sea salt

12 turns milled pepper

3–4 sprigs thyme, chopped

1 bay leaf, broken

2 sprigs rosemary

12g caster sugar

30g tomato paste

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Green Parsley Crumb

Zest of ½ lemon

1g garlic, finely chopped

30g parsley, chiffonade

15ml olive oil

20g Panko crumbs

10g Parmesan cheese

10g Gruyère cheese

10g Montgomery cheddar

2g salt

4 turns milled pepper

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Bechamel Sauce

40g unsalted butter

50g white flour

1 pinch nutmeg

500ml milk

4g salt

4 turns milled pepper

Method

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Equipment Needed

Piping bag

Pot for blanching

Pot for bechamel

Whisk

Sauté pan for spinach

Small pan for onion

20x15cm oven tray

Colander or chinois

Blender

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The Cabbage

Peel the outer leaves of the cabbage, wash, and remove the stalk.

Bring a pot of salted water to a boil, cook leaves for 2–3 minutes.

Immediately place in iced water for 2 minutes, then dry on a kitchen cloth.

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Ricotta & Spinach Filling

Heat 2/3 of the olive oil in a sauté pan, add garlic, cook for 1 minute, then add spinach and cook 2–3 minutes. Drain in a colander.

In a small pan, heat the remaining olive oil, sweat the onion with salt and thyme. Leave to cool.

Once spinach is cool, squeeze out excess liquid, chop coarsely, and place in a bowl.

Add ricotta, egg, olives, nutmeg, breadcrumbs, salt, pepper, chili, and cooked onion. Mix well and place in a piping bag; refrigerate until needed.

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Tom’s Cherry Tomato Sauce

Heat olive oil in a pan on medium, add onions, shallots, garlic, herbs, salt, and pepper. Cook 3–4 minutes until translucent.

Add white wine and vinegar, reduce almost completely.

Add cherry tomatoes and sugar, simmer 10 minutes, stir occasionally.

Add tomato paste, cook 20 minutes until thickened. Remove herbs before serving.

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Green Parsley Crumb

Blend Panko, lemon zest, garlic, parsley, salt, and pepper for 20–30 seconds.

Add cheeses, blitz for 2 seconds, transfer to a bowl, mix in olive oil, chill until needed.

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Bechamel Sauce

Melt butter on low, add flour, cook 5 minutes stirring.

Heat milk, gradually add to flour mixture, stirring constantly.

Season with salt, pepper, nutmeg. Simmer 5 minutes, stirring to prevent burning.

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Assembling the Cannelloni

Lay cabbage leaves flat, sprinkle lightly with salt.

Pipe ricotta filling along the center of each leaf, roll into cannelloni ensuring overlap.

In an oven tray, spread tomato sauce, place cannelloni, cover with more tomato sauce.

Add bechamel, sprinkle half parsley crumb, bake at 190°C for 15 minutes.

After 10 minutes, add remaining parsley crumb, bake remaining 5 minutes.

Oven Baked Cabbage Cannelloni

Stuffed with ricotta and spinach, Tom’s roasted cherry tomato sauce, bechamel, and parsley breadcrumbs

INGREDIENTS

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The Cabbage

4 large Savoy cabbage leaves

1 litre water

12g salt

   +   
Ricotta & Spinach Filling

500g spinach (washed)

1 onion, finely diced

250g ricotta

1 medium egg

1 clove garlic, crushed

30g extra virgin olive oil

10 pitted black olives, chopped

50g grated Parmigiano Reggiano

1 pinch grated nutmeg

30g breadcrumbs

6g Maldon salt

6–8 turns milled pepper

1 small red chili, finely chopped (optional)

2g chopped thyme

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Tom’s Cherry Tomato Sauce

450g cherry tomatoes, halved

100g onions, finely chopped

2 banana shallots, finely chopped

3 cloves garlic, finely chopped

1 glass white wine

2 tbsp white wine vinegar

45ml olive oil

½ tsp sea salt

12 turns milled pepper

3–4 sprigs thyme, chopped

1 bay leaf, broken

2 sprigs rosemary

12g caster sugar

30g tomato paste

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Green Parsley Crumb

Zest of ½ lemon

1g garlic, finely chopped

30g parsley, chiffonade

15ml olive oil

20g Panko crumbs

10g Parmesan cheese

10g Gruyère cheese

10g Montgomery cheddar

2g salt

4 turns milled pepper

   +   
Bechamel Sauce

40g unsalted butter

50g white flour

1 pinch nutmeg

500ml milk

4g salt

4 turns milled pepper

Method

   +   
Equipment Needed

Piping bag

Pot for blanching

Pot for bechamel

Whisk

Sauté pan for spinach

Small pan for onion

20x15cm oven tray

Colander or chinois

Blender

   +   
The Cabbage

Peel the outer leaves of the cabbage, wash, and remove the stalk.

Bring a pot of salted water to a boil, cook leaves for 2–3 minutes.

Immediately place in iced water for 2 minutes, then dry on a kitchen cloth.

   +   
Ricotta & Spinach Filling

Heat 2/3 of the olive oil in a sauté pan, add garlic, cook for 1 minute, then add spinach and cook 2–3 minutes. Drain in a colander.

In a small pan, heat the remaining olive oil, sweat the onion with salt and thyme. Leave to cool.

Once spinach is cool, squeeze out excess liquid, chop coarsely, and place in a bowl.

Add ricotta, egg, olives, nutmeg, breadcrumbs, salt, pepper, chili, and cooked onion. Mix well and place in a piping bag; refrigerate until needed.

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Tom’s Cherry Tomato Sauce

Heat olive oil in a pan on medium, add onions, shallots, garlic, herbs, salt, and pepper. Cook 3–4 minutes until translucent.

Add white wine and vinegar, reduce almost completely.

Add cherry tomatoes and sugar, simmer 10 minutes, stir occasionally.

Add tomato paste, cook 20 minutes until thickened. Remove herbs before serving.

   +   
Green Parsley Crumb

Blend Panko, lemon zest, garlic, parsley, salt, and pepper for 20–30 seconds.

Add cheeses, blitz for 2 seconds, transfer to a bowl, mix in olive oil, chill until needed.

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Bechamel Sauce

Melt butter on low, add flour, cook 5 minutes stirring.

Heat milk, gradually add to flour mixture, stirring constantly.

Season with salt, pepper, nutmeg. Simmer 5 minutes, stirring to prevent burning.

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Assembling the Cannelloni

Lay cabbage leaves flat, sprinkle lightly with salt.

Pipe ricotta filling along the center of each leaf, roll into cannelloni ensuring overlap.

In an oven tray, spread tomato sauce, place cannelloni, cover with more tomato sauce.

Add bechamel, sprinkle half parsley crumb, bake at 190°C for 15 minutes.

After 10 minutes, add remaining parsley crumb, bake remaining 5 minutes.

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