Vegan Spinach and 'Ricotta' Cannelloni

Liz Hargraves
Liz Hargraves @cook_20127958

Cannelloni is an absolute favorite in my house. I have recently switched to a vegan diet and am also on a zero waste journey to make everything from scratch and eliminate all plastic packaging. This was adapted from several different online recipes to suit what I had in the fridge and pantry. I used homemade tofu made from soy flour which I find crumbles very easily. If you use a firmer storebought tofu you can crumble it with a few pulses of your blender.

Vegan Spinach and 'Ricotta' Cannelloni

Cannelloni is an absolute favorite in my house. I have recently switched to a vegan diet and am also on a zero waste journey to make everything from scratch and eliminate all plastic packaging. This was adapted from several different online recipes to suit what I had in the fridge and pantry. I used homemade tofu made from soy flour which I find crumbles very easily. If you use a firmer storebought tofu you can crumble it with a few pulses of your blender.

Edit recipe
See report
Share
Share

Ingredients

4-6 servings
  1. Cannelloni Pasta (or store bought)
  2. 2 cupshigh grade flour
  3. 1/2 cupreduced aquafaba (chickpea liquid)
  4. 1 Tbspvirgin olive oil
  5. Spinach and 'Ricotta' Filling
  6. 1 1/2-2 cupshard tofu crumbled
  7. 1onion, finely chopped
  8. 3 clovesgarlic, crushed
  9. 1/4 cuplemon juice
  10. 2 Tbspolive oil
  11. 1/2 cupsoaked cashews
  12. 3 Tbspnutritional yeast
  13. 1/2 cupcoconut yogurt
  14. 1 tspsalt
  15. 1 bagspinach leaves or 5 leaves of silverbeet(stems removed)
  16. 1 tspnutmeg
  17. Tomato Sauce
  18. 1x 700ml jar of Passata
  19. 1onion, finely sliced
  20. 2 clovesgarlic, finely chopped
  21. Silverbeet stems, finely chopped (if using silver beet)
  22. Vegan Parmesan Topping
  23. 1 cupmixed nuts/seeds (eg. cashews, almonds, sunflower seeds)
  24. 3-4 Tbspnutritional yeast
  25. 1 tspsmoked paprika
  26. 1 tspsalt
  27. 1 tspdried oregano

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Mix pasta ingredients to make a flaky dough...turn out onto floured surface and knead until a ball of smooth pasta dough is achieved (wet hands or sprinkle more flour as required if dough is too dry or too sticky)....rest the dough for 1/2 hour under damp tea towel...cut into manageable pieces and use pasta machine to roll pasta into lasagne sheets....cut sheets into squares and lay out for filling and rolling....Nb. only half of dough needed for this recipe. Store other half for other meals.

  2. 2

    Marinate crumbled tofu in onion, garlic, and lemon juice for 1 hour...blend cashews, yeast, yogurt and salt...lightly fry tofu mixture over light heat until onions are clear. Allow to cool slightly before combining with cashew mixture in a medium bowl....add shredded spinach and nutmeg...stir to combine...spoon filling onto the lasagne squares and roll them up.

  3. 3

    Saute chopped onion, garlic, and finely chopped silverbeet stems (if using) for 1-2 minutes....put a thin layer of passata sauce along bottom of a rectangular casserole dish...add remainder of passata to the onion mix...shake a bit of water in the jar to remove all sauce and add to frypan...simmer for 5-10 minutes.

  4. 4

    Lay filled pasta rolls, seam side down, into the casserole dish and cover with tomato sauce...top with a sprinkling of vegan 'parmesan' and bake for 45 min at 180 degrees celcius.

  5. 5

    To make vegan parmesan blend all ingredients until a fine powder is achieved. Can store in a jar in the fridge or pantry for lifespan of nuts.

Edit recipe
See report
Share

Cooksnaps

Did you make this recipe? Share a picture of your creation!

Grey hand-drawn cartoon of a camera and a frying pan with stars rising from the pan
Cook Today
Liz Hargraves
Liz Hargraves @cook_20127958
on

Comments

Similar Recipes