A type of Italian pasta shaped like large tubes, typically filled with meat or cheese and baked in sauce.
From Italian cannelloni, the plural of cannello, which comes from canna (reed or tube) in reference to the pasta's tubular shape. Became popular in Italy during the Renaissance.
The word literally means 'little tubes'—and that's exactly what makes this dish brilliant: hollow pasta that gets stuffed, creating a vehicle for sauce to soak through every layer.
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