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.

