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Creamy Roasted eggplant cannelloni

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roasted eggplant cannellloni recipe topped with cherry tomatoes, parmesan cheese and basil leaves

Roasted eggplant cannelloni is the perfect recipe for a meat-free, light, and super tasty meal.

Durum wheat pasta pipes filled with creamy mascarpone and ricotta cheese, as well as the natural smokiness and richness of the roasted eggplant, are all covered in scummy white sauce and finished with sweet cherry tomatoes.

This cannelloni recipe is one of our family favourites, simple to prepare, and an awesome way to boost vegetables in your diet.

Do you have to boil Cannelloni tubes?

Not for this recipe, in fact if you cover pasta tubes with enough white sauce, there is no need to part boil the pasta.

What to serve with roasted eggplant cannelloni?

Pair it up with some toasted crusty ciabatta bread and some fresh garden salad for a light meal. Or perhaps try garlic spinach, Parmesan crusted asparagus or a Sicilian Caponata for a more robust one. If you are looking for a true feast or planning to have your friends and family over for a dinner party, then start with: 

  • Lentil Soup
  • Homemade ricotta Gnudi 
  • Handmade gnocchi with basil pesto dressing

For dessert you could opt out for a light nutella mouse or simply dish give your guest some crazy good polenta biscuits! 

Lets make eggplant Cannelloni

roasted eggplant cannellloni recipe topped with cherry tomatoes, parmesan cheese and basil leaves

Ingredients for eggplant cannelloni:

  • 3 Eggplant (Aubergines) or 600 g
  • 500 g White sauce (Bechamel)
  • 250 g Dry Cannelloni tubes
  • 250 g Ricotta cheese
  • 250 g Mascarpone cheese
  • 250 g Cherry Tomatoes
  • 20 g Grated parmesan
  • 20 g Basil leaves
  • 1 Egg
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

Method to make Cannelloni recipe 

1 Pierce the eggplant’s skin with a fork or knife a couple of times, wrap it in aluminum foil, and roast in the oven for about 30 minutes at 180 °C.

2 Once the eggplants are cooked, remove them from the foil, cut in half lengthwise, and scoop with a spoon the soft pulp and place in a food processor.

3 Add the ricotta cheese, mascarpone, grated parmesan, basil leaves, and the egg, as well as seasoning. Blitz until smooth.

4 Using a piping bag, fill one by one with cannelloni tubes and place them in a baking tray of approximately 20 x 30 cm

5 Cover the filled tubes with the white sauce (Bechamel), and garnish with the cherry tomatoes

6 Bake in the oven for 35 minutes at 180 C, or until golden, rest for a few minutes before serving.

How to make white sauce?

white sauce made out of butter, flour, milk and nutmeg

Ingredients to make a white sauce:

  • 500 ml Milk
  • 40 g Butter
  • 40 g White flour
  • 1/3 or 2 g Nutmeg
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Method to make a white pasta sauce: 

Place the butter in a large pot, and cook on moderate heat until a hazelnut colour is reached, then add the flour and whisk constantly for one minute

2 Whisk in the milk and cook until the sauce thickens.

3 Remove from the heat and add the grated nutmeg and the seasoning.

Make a batch of white sauce while you are roasting aubergine to save some time.

roasted eggplant filled cannelloni are baked in the oven in the tray topped with cherry tomatoes
roasted eggplant cannellloni topped with cherry tomatoes, parmesan cheese and basil leaves

Roasted eggplant cannelloni

Durum wheat pasta pipes filled with creamy mascarpone and ricotta cheese as well as the natural smokiness and richness of the roasted eggplant, all covered in scummy white sauce and finished with sweet cherry tomatoes.
5 from 13 votes
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Diet: Vegetarian
Prep Time: 45 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes minutes
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 650kcal
Author: Daniele Gallo

Equipment

  • Scale
  • Food Processor
  • silicon spatula
  • baking tray
  • Piping bags

Ingredients

  • 3 Eggplant Aubergines or 600 g
  • 500 g White sauce Bechamel
  • 250 g Dry Cannelloni tubes
  • 250 g Ricotta cheese
  • 250 g Mascarpone cheese
  • 250 g Cherry Tomatoes
  • 20 g Grated parmesan
  • 20 g Basil leaves
  • 1 Egg
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

White Sauce

  • 500 ml Milk
  • 40 g Butter
  • 40 g White Flour
  • 2 g Nutmeg 1/3 of the nut
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions

  • 1 Pierce the eggplants skin with a fork or knife a couple of times, wrap in aluminium foil and roast in the oven for about 30 minutes at 180C.
  • 2 Once the eggplants are cooked, remove from the foil, cut in half lengthwise and scoop with a spoon scoop the soft pulp and place in a food processor.
  • 3 Add the Ricotta cheese, mascarpone, grated parmesan, basil leaves and the egg as well as seasoning. Blitz until smooth.
  • 4 Using a piping bag, fill one by one all cannelloni tubes and place them in baking tray of approximately 20 x 30 cm
  • 5 Cover the filled tubes with the white sauce (Bechamel), and garnish with the cherry tomatoes
    cannelloni with white sauce topped with cherry tomatoes ready in the baking tray
  • 6 Bake in the oven for 35 minutes at 180 C, or until golden, rest for a few minutes before serving.
    roasted eggplant filled cannelloni are baked in the oven in the tray topped with cherry tomatoes

White Sauce

  • Place the butter in a large pot, cook on moderate heat until a hazelnut colour is reached, then add the flour and whisk constantly for one minute
    adding flour to melted butter to make bechamel sauce
  • Whisk in the milk and cook until the sauce thickens.
    adding milk to flour and butter to make bechamel sauce (white sauce)
  • Remove from the heat and add the grated nutmeg and the seasoning.
    adding nutmeg to melted butter to make bechamel sauce (white sauce)
HINT AND TIPS:
The same filling as this roasted eggplant cannelloni can be used for ravioli.
This dish freezes really well. When you want to eat them again, just leave them overnight in the refrigerator and reheat in the oven at 160°C until the core has reached a temperature above 75°C.
Allergens: MILK, Gluten, EGG

Nutrition

Calories: 650kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 35g

We hope you will love this recipe as much as we do. Moreover, roasted eggplant cannelloni can be easily frozen. When you are ready to have them again, just defrost them over night and bake them in the oven again to reach above 75 °C. 

Looking for some easy-to-make recipes that the whole family will enjoy? Check them out: 

  • Spaghetti alla Crudaiola 
  • Green Beans alla Marinara 
  • Authentic Lasagne Bolognese

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  1. Sue says

    05/06/2020 at 13:51

    5 stars
    What a great way to sneak some vegetables into your food – hide them inside the noodles!! 🙂

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  2. Emily Flint says

    05/06/2020 at 16:07

    5 stars
    Wow, this looks so good and I love the cherry tomatoes on top! Delicious.

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  3. Chef Dennis says

    06/06/2020 at 09:23

    5 stars
    This creamy roasted eggplant cannelloni is making me hungry that I could hear my tummy growl.

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  4. Mama Maggie's Kitchen says

    06/06/2020 at 09:57

    5 stars
    This creamy roasted eggplant cannelloni will surely be the next favorite dish in our home. My husband will love this.

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  5. Sabine says

    06/06/2020 at 14:38

    5 stars
    This dish looks so beautiful and so delicious. Love the idea of mixing roasted eggplant with ricotta and mascarpone cheese in a cannelloni tube.

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  6. Debra says

    06/06/2020 at 15:08

    5 stars
    Sounds perfect for a nice brunch. Pinning so I’ll have the recipe handy for my next book group. They’ll love this.

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  7. Jen Talley says

    07/06/2020 at 04:39

    5 stars
    I always need new ideas of how to cook with eggplant! This recipe looks great!

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  8. Sara Rodriguez says

    07/06/2020 at 10:16

    5 stars
    Wow! This roasted eggplant cannelloni looks so creamy!!

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  9. Sanna says

    08/06/2020 at 03:50

    5 stars
    I love eggplant and what a fun way to make an eggplant dish!

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  10. Amy Chung says

    08/06/2020 at 06:09

    5 stars
    So good! Love eggplant

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  11. Emma says

    08/06/2020 at 20:13

    This sounds beautiful! I’ve bookmarked it to try next week, thank you for sharing!

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  12. Gemma says

    08/06/2020 at 21:46

    Oh wow this recipe sounds delicious! You can’t go wrong with pasta xo

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  13. Annie says

    08/06/2020 at 22:08

    5 stars
    Yum! Love a good aubergine recipe.

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  14. Christy says

    09/06/2020 at 06:58

    Now wondering how I can make this wheat/gluten and dairy free…a challenge that I’m sure would be worth it!

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    • Daniele says

      10/06/2020 at 16:47

      Christy, wow this a little challenge. Use gluten free cannelloni tubes, substitute the cheese filling with smash avocado for creaminess. Cook cannelloni in tomato sauce with 50% added water instead of white sauce. Hope this helps

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  15. Sarah Stockley says

    09/06/2020 at 08:33

    This sounds delicious. I am never sure what to do with egg plant, I used one chopped up in a curry last week, but I would love to try this.

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  16. Vicky says

    09/06/2020 at 09:51

    This looks absolutely delicious and something different to what we would normally cook, I’m definitely book marking it! Thanks so much! x

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  17. Jenny | Parent Blogging Secrets says

    09/06/2020 at 12:50

    Looks delicious, I’m about to have lunch so this is making me really hungry. I’m not a fan of eggplant (It is aubergine right?) but in cannelloni all is forgiven.

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  18. Claire Stapleton says

    09/06/2020 at 13:14

    I absolutely love aubergines, so I should try this! Thanks so much for sharing! 🙂

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  19. Round Word says

    09/06/2020 at 13:17

    I love everything that Italian food means. However, with cannelloni I encountered a problem. I searched for a recipe on the internet about two years ago and found it too difficult to make, so I gave up. I kept those cannelloni in the kitchen for a long time, then threw them away. Now that I’ve found your recipe, I think I’m going to buy the ingredients I need.

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    • Daniele says

      10/06/2020 at 16:43

      I am glad you have decided to try making cannelloni again, hope you will enjoy them! If you get stuck with anything please feel free to get in touch and I would be more than happy to guide you through it

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  20. Jo says

    09/06/2020 at 15:48

    Oh..,.my mouth is watering so much right now! I can never really think of anything to do with aubergines, and I think I might give this idea a go!

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  21. Hannah says

    09/06/2020 at 20:10

    Oh this combines all my favorites, bookmarked for later, thank you xx

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  22. Nina Spencer says

    10/06/2020 at 12:30

    This looks delicious!

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  23. Emma Reed says

    10/06/2020 at 17:06

    Ahh this looks so good. I’ll have to give it a try

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  24. Katy Galloway says

    10/06/2020 at 18:50

    Oooh I have never made cannelloni at home! I will definitely be trying this out!

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  25. Steph says

    14/06/2020 at 20:06

    This looks super yummy and something my kids would love to have as well. Adding it to the menu list!

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