Cannelloni Spinach & Minced Meat

Description:
Labour intensive, but good if you getting guests for dinner, as the preparations can be done in advance and then you just put it in the oven to cook before your guests are supposed to arrive.

Ingredients:
1 pack of (pre-cooked) cannelloni (12 pieces)
250g minced meat
250g frozen spinach (let it de-freeze before start cooking)
1 Onion (finely chopped)
4 cloves Garlic (finely chopped)
Pine nuts
2 eggs (lightly beaten)
1 tablespoon milk
Fresh Italian herbs (e.g. rosemary, basil, oregano)
Ground pepper
Salt to taste
Cheese (e.g. grated parmesan)
Pasta tomato sauce (either ready-made from a jar or "cook your own")


Directions:
Fry the onion and garlic in olive oil, when onions are glazy, add the minced meat and stir to make it into fine mixture. When meat is done, add spinach and mix the mixture well. Add pine nuts, stir through. Add the eggs and the milk, stir well. Finally add the herbs (fine pieces).
Close the fire and use the mixture to stuff the cannelloni.

Take an oven dish, cover the bottom with 1/3 of the tomato sauce. Place the filled cannelloni on top of the tomato sauce. If any filling left over, spread it out on top of the cannelloni. Pour over the remainder of the tomato sauce and make sure all the cannelloni shells are covered in sauce. Cover the dish with aluminium foil. Put in the oven on 220C, let it cook for about 50 mins. Take off the foil and add cheese, cook it for another 5 mins to let the cheese melt.

Serve with fresh salad.