Recipe By Jaxters
Ref: 773
Heading: Pasta
Cuisine: Italian
Food Type: Vegetarian
No of Portions: 6
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Ingredients & Prep
350 g
Fresh lasagne sheets
150 g
Parmesan cheese grated
2 Aubergine cut into 8mm slices
2 Red sweet pepper cut into strips
2 Courgette cut into 5 mm slices
1 Red onion sliced
2 tsp
Garlic paste
1/2 tsp
Freshly ground black pepper
1/4 tsp
Salt
3 tbsp
Olive oil
Tomato sauce
300 ml
Tomato Passata
125 ml
Water
1/2 Onion chopped
1 Garlic clove grated
1 tbsp
Tomato puree
1 tbsp
Fresh basil chopped
1 tsp
Fennel seeds crushed
1/2 tsp
Chilli flake (optional)
1 tsp
Caster sugar
1/2 tsp
Freshly ground black pepper
1/4 tsp
Salt
White Sauce
350 ml
Full fat milk
100 ml
Double cream
100 g
Cream cheese
50 g
Butter unsalted
25 g
Plain flour
1 Veg stock cube or gel pot
1/2 tsp
Freshly ground black pepper
Method
Step 1
Pre-heat oven to 200°C fan.
Step 2
In a bowl add oil, salt, black pepper & garlic paste & mix, then add Aubergine, Sweet Pepper & Courgette slices, red onion & coat with the oil, tip veg into a baking tray & roast for 20 to 25 mins until soft & browned on the edges, stir around halfway through cooking.
Step 3
Make the tomato sauce, place onion & olive oil in the same frying pan over a med heat, stir & cook onion until soft, then add garlic & cook for a one more minute, then add passata, water, sugar, tomato puree, crushed fennel seeds chilli flakes if used, sugar, salt & pepper, bring to a simmer & cook for 2 mins stirring all the time, when done set aside.
Step 4
Make the white sauce, add butter & flour into a saucepan over a med heat & cook until it bubbles, then slowly add the milk using a whisk to mix in, when all in add cheese, cream, stock cube & pepper, bring to a slow boil & cook out for 1 minute & set aside.
Step 5
Take a baking dish & add a thin layer of the tomato sauce, then place a layer of pasta sheets over the top, then layer a 1/3 of white sauce over the top, then a 1/3 of the roast on top then another pasta sheet layer then 1/2 the tomato sauce & 1/3 of the veg, next layer of pasta sheet then last 1/3 of the veg & tomato sauce, then a final layer of pasta then the rest of the (2/3rds) of the white sauce over the top, sprinkle over parmesan cheese & bake for about 25 mins or until golden brown on top.
Suggestion & Tips
If you have a pasta machine you can make your own lasagne pasta sheets