what is the difference between cannelloni and manicott?!

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Manicotti and Cannelloni are both large tubes of pasta that are stuffed, sauced, and baked. Manicotti is often stuffed with ricotta cheese and/or spinach. It is also covered in red sauce and sprinkled with some mozzarella cheese. Cannelloni is usually stuffed with meats, veggies, cheeses, and covered in a bechamel sauce, which is a white sauce....


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A type of stuffed baked pasta, manicotti translates as ?sleeves? in Italian and refers to large, tube-shaped pasta shapes/noodles.

Cannelloni are effectively the same shapes, however the strict difference is that these are created by rolling rectangular pasta sheets into tubes, whereas manicotti are pre-formed tubes.

In truth though, what with Barilla pasta offering pre-formed packet tubes that are called - you guessed it - 'cannelloni', the difference is rather becoming lost!

http://www.pasta-recipes-made-easy.com/whats-the-difference-between-cannelloni-and-manicotti.html

While manicotti and cannelloni are sometimes used interchangeably in preparing Americanized versions of some dishes, in traditional Italian cooking cannelloni are made with pasta and manicotti with a specialized crepe pan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannelloni