Are you looking for a simple recipe that solves your dinner with an A in 20 minutes? Then these quick zucchini cannelloni with tuna will catch your attention. Because not only are they simple and quick to prepare, but they are also full of flavor as you will have time to see.
Create cannelloni using zucchini slices It is a great way to incorporate this vegetable into your menu. As for the filling, the tuna is the protagonist but it is not alone, since to give it a certain consistency we have also incorporated cheese and nuts and some spices.
Once the cannelloni is filled, you just have to bathe them in tomato, sprinkle a little cheese and put in the oven for 10 minutes. Don't be lazy to do them! You will like them and I am sure that you will repeat them again, making some changes to adapt them to your tastes.
The recipe
- 12 thin slices of zucchini, cut with a mandolin
- Tomato sauce ⠀
- 2 cans of tuna
- 2-3 tablespoons cream cheese or cottage cheese
- Some chopped walnuts ⠀
- Salt, pepper and sweet paprika
- Grated mozzarella⠀
- In a bowl We mix the filling ingredients: tuna, with cheese, nuts and spices.
- On the other hand, we prepare a dish suitable for the oven in which we can fit the 6 cannelloni that we are going to prepare and We cover the base with tomato sauce.
- Then we take two slices of zucchini and we overlap them slightly on the kitchen board or countertop to create a rectangle that will act as a cannelloni.
- Now, We place a spoonful of the filling at one of the ends and roll it up to create the cannelloni.
- We repeat the same steps to create the rest as we go placing them in the fountain with the part that closes the cannelloni facing down.
- We spread a spoonful of tomato sauce over these and We cover with the grated cheese.
- We take to the oven and gratinate for about 12 minutes.
- Now yes, we enjoy the quick hot zucchini cannelloni with tuna.