"I sometimes forget we're not in Italy..."

Then, we prepare the cream sauce in a saucepan. 

After the masa and crema are finished, use your favorite jamón, queso, and maíz to stuff inside! It is also possible to prepare the dish without meat.

Is this food connected to the local environment? How?:

As the abstract mentioned, canelones are connected to Italian food culture, like many foods in Uruguay. Canelones are so commonly eaten here due to the immigration of people from Italy to this region, especially in the first half of the 1900s.

Location:
Montevideo, Uruguay

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