THE SAVORY CANNOLI STUFFED WITH ASPARAGUS, HAM, AND CHEESE are an easy and quick recipe to prepare with puff pastry, perfect to serve as an appetizer but also to prepare for a standing dinner, and now that the nice weather is approaching, they are also ideal to put in the picnic basket for an outdoor lunch.
The tasty filling of asparagus, ham, and scamorza cheese makes these cannoli really appetizing, delicious to enjoy hot with a melty filling, but also cold, as the filling remains soft and not dry.
You can also cook them as an Easter recipe, these savory stuffed cannoli will look beautiful on your Easter table, and you can also prepare them beforehand and heat them up when ready to serve, either in the oven or air fryer.
Have fun preparing these delicious savory cannoli with me, follow me in the recipe, and we’ll make them together!
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very economical
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 4 Pieces
- Cooking methods: Oven, Air Frying
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 1 sheet puff pastry (round)
- 9 oz asparagus
- 4 slices cooked ham (if small, 8)
- 4 slices scamorza cheese
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- to taste extra virgin olive oil
- to taste sesame and poppy seeds (optional)
- 1 egg yolk (for brushing)
- to taste milk (for brushing)
Steps
Start by thoroughly washing the asparagus and cutting off the tougher, woody part of the stem. Boil the asparagus in water for about 2-4 minutes once the water returns to a boil.
Drain the asparagus and season with oil, salt, and pepper.
Take the puff pastry, unroll it, and cut it into 4 equal wedges with a knife.
In the center of each wedge, place a slice of cooked ham, a slice of scamorza cheese, and a few asparagus, with the tips slightly sticking out of the pastry edge.
Close the wedge by pulling up the two outer sides, seal, and then create cannoli with a fan shape.
Combine the egg yolk with a little milk in a glass, beat with a fork, and brush this mixture over the cannoli using a kitchen brush.
Optionally sprinkle sesame or poppy seeds on top and bake in the oven at 375-390°F for about 25-30 minutes or cook them in an air fryer at 356°F for about 20 minutes.
Once cooked, let the cannoli cool for 5 minutes on a rack before serving them at the table.
… Vane’s tips
You can also fill the cannoli with other ingredients, like speck, stracchino cheese, or instead of asparagus, with other seasonal vegetables such as zucchini or eggplant.
You can also fill the cannoli with other ingredients, like speck, stracchino cheese, or instead of asparagus, with other seasonal vegetables such as zucchini or eggplant.
