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Sausage and chicken liver cannelloni

Name: Sausage and chicken liver cannelloni
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: Makes 2 meals, each serving 4-6
Cuisine: Italian recipes
Ingredients: 30g dried porcini mushrooms; 4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 2 small onions, finely chopped; 4 garlic cloves, crushed; 2 x 400g packs pork sausages; 250g good-quality chicken livers, trimmed and finely chopped; 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves; 3 tbsp tomato purée; 150ml chicken stock; 300g (12 sheets) fresh egg lasagne; 350g tub fresh tomato and mascarpone sauce; Butter, for greasing; 50g Parmesan, finely grated; Fresh basil leaves, to garnish

Published: 31 Oct 07
Updated: 18 Mar 24

Sausage and chicken liver pair well in this deliciously rich Italian recipe that will satisfy the hungriest of appetites.

Easy
November 2007

Test kitchen approved

Makes 2 meals, each serving 4-6
Takes 50 minutes to make and 30 minutes in the oven

Sausage and chicken liver pair well in this deliciously rich Italian recipe that will satisfy the hungriest of appetites.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 421kcals
Fat: 27.8g (9.9g saturated)
Protein: 18.1g
Carbohydrates: 26.5g (4.3g sugar)
Salt: 1.9g

For 6 servings

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Ingredients

30g dried porcini mushrooms
4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
2 small onions, finely chopped
4 garlic cloves, crushed
2 x 400g packs pork sausages
250g good-quality chicken livers, trimmed and finely chopped
1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
3 tbsp tomato purée
150ml chicken stock
300g (12 sheets) fresh egg lasagne
350g tub fresh tomato and mascarpone sauce
Butter, for greasing
50g Parmesan, finely grated
Fresh basil leaves, to garnish

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Method

Soak the mushrooms in 200ml hot water. Heat the oil in a large pan, add the onions and garlic and cook gently for 10 minutes, until soft and lightly browned. Meanwhile, skin the sausages and break the meat into small pieces. Add to the pan and cook, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon as it browns. Add the chicken livers and cook for 2-3 minutes. Drain the mushrooms, reserving the liquid, and chop finely. Add to the pan with the thyme and cook for 2 minutes. Stir in the tomato purée, reserved mushroom liquid and stock and simmer for 5 minutes, until thickened.
Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil. Drop in the lasagne sheets, take the pan off the heat and leave to soak for 5 minutes. Drain, refresh under cold water, then separate the sheets.
Spoon a thin layer of the tomato sauce over the base of 2 buttered 20cm x 30cm ovenproof dishes. Spoon filling along 1 short edge of each lasagne sheet and roll up. Put, seam-side down, on the sauce. Spoon over the remaining sauce and scatter with the Parmesan.

To freeze, cool 1 dish, then wrap in cling film. Freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw for 24 hours in the fridge, then bring up to room temperature.
To cook, preheat the oven to 200°C/ fan180°C/gas 6. Bake for 30 minutes or until golden and bubbling. Serve scattered with basil leaves.