GOATS' CHEESE CANNELLONI WITH CHERRY TOMATOES
GOATS' CHEESE CANNELLONI WITH CHERRY TOMATOES
GOATS' CHEESE CANNELLONI WITH CHERRY TOMATOES

Ingredients
  • 400g/14oz cherry tomatoes
  • halved
  • 125ml/4fl oz extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 400g/14oz ricotta
  • 100g/3½oz goats' cheese
  • 30g/1oz parmesan (or a vegetarian alternative)
  • grated
  • 200g/7oz baby spinach
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • crushed
  • 12 x 12cm/5in x 10cm/4in sheets fresh pasta
  • parmesan shavings
  • green salad leaves
  • dressed with olive oil and balsamic vinegar
Directions
  • Preheat the oven to 180C/365F/Gas 4.
  • Place the tomatoes into a bowl and drizzle with the olive oil. Add the thyme and season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  • Place the ricotta
  • goats' cheese and parmesan into a clean bowl and mix well.
  • Add the spinach and garlic and season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  • Lay the pasta sheets onto a clean work surface. Place a line of the cheese and spinach mixture along the longer edge of each pasta sheet
  • then roll up like a cigar.
  • Drizzle the cannelloni rolls with a little of the oil that the tomatoes have been sitting in
  • then pour the remaining oil into the bottom of an ovenproof dish that will hold all 12 cannelloni.
  • Place the cannelloni tubes into the dish and place the tomatoes evenly over the top.
  • Transfer to the oven to bake for 15 minutes
  • or until cooked through.
  • To serve
  • place three cannelloni onto each of four plates. Sprinkle with parmesan shavings and place a spoonful of dressed mixed green salad leaves alongside.