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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
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• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. | 2. Add the pasta and cook until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 8-10 minutes. | 3. Drain pasta. | 4. In a large bowl, mix together ricotta, 3/4 cup Parmesan, egg yolk, basil or parsley, crab, salt, and pepper. | 5. Preheat oven to 350ºF. | 6. Fill the cannelloni with the crab mixture and place in buttered baking dish. | 7. MAKE THE BECHAMEL SAUCE: | 8. In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. | 9. Add the flour and whisk until smooth, about 2 minutes. | 10. Gradually add the warm milk, whisking constantly(if not it will be all lumpy)until the sauce is thick, smooth and creamy, about 10 minutes(DO NOT allow the sauce to boil). | 11. Remove from the heat and stir in the salt, pepper, and nutmeg. (The sauce can be made up to 3 days ahead. Cool and then cover and refrigerate). | 12. Top the filled cannelloni with the Bechamel Sauce and sprinkle with remaining Parmesan cheese. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
pasta shell	1	box		-	-	-	-
milk ricotta cheese	1	cup		431.52	7.5392	27.9248	32.1904
parmesan cheese	3/4	cup	grated	222.0	24.0	24.0	3.0
parmesan cheese	1/4	cup	grated	222.0	24.0	24.0	3.0
egg yolk	1			54.74	0.6103	2.6962	4.5118
basil leaf	1/2	cup	chopped chopped	-	-	-	-
crabmeat	1	lb		439.7343	0.0	87.7202	6.9813
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1/4	teaspoon	ground	1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
bechamel sauce				-	-	-	-
butter	5	tablespoons	unsalted unsalted	427.5	19.6425	13.3575	36.0
purpose flour	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
milk	4	cups	warmed	2208.0	53.184	21.984	228.864
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
white pepper	1/4	teaspoon	ground	1.776	0.4117	0.0624	0.0127
nutmeg	1	pinch	grated	0.7219	0.0678	0.008	0.0499

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.