Recipe By Jaxters
Ref: 764
Heading: Pasta
Cuisine: Italian
Food Type: Vegetarian
No of Portions: 6
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Ingredients & Prep
800 g
Fresh washed & chopped Spinach
300 g
Fresh lasagne sheets
250 g
Ricotta cheese
20 g
Butter salted
2 Fresh Tomato's chopped
1/4 tsp
Freshly ground black pepper
1/4 tsp
Salt
Topping Sauce
600 ml
Full fat milk
100 g
Parmesan cheese
80 g
Butter salted
50 g
Flour
1 Onion chopped
1 Veg stock cube or gel pot
1 Bay leaf
2 pinch
Ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp
Freshly ground black pepper
Method
Step 1
Pre- heat oven to 180°C fan.
Step 2
Make the topping sauce by heating the milk in a saucepan with bay leaf, stock cube & onion, bring to a simmer then turn off heat & allow to infuse & cool.
Step 3
In a pan add butter, salt & wilt the spinach, then put 1/3 of the spinach evenly spread out the bottom of a baking dish, then add 1/3 of the Ricotta cheese in tsp full's & 1/3 of the chopped tomato, lay sheets of the fresh lasagne over the top, then the next 1/3 of the spinach, cheese, tomato then another layer of lasagne, then the last 1/3 of filling, & top off the top with Lasagne sheets.
Step 4
Pour cool milk mixture in to a jug through a sieve to remove bits, clean saucepan then place over a med heat, add butter, nutmeg & flour mix in then let if bubble for 1 minute, then with a whisk slowly add the milk into the pan & whisk as you go, when all the milk is in & the sauce is smooth let it boil for 1 minute stirring.
Step 5
Pour topping sauce over the top sheets of Lasagne & smooth out with a spatula, then sprinkle over Parmesan cheese & bake for 25 to 30 mins or until golden brown on top.
Suggestion & Tips
Have with crusty bread & salad.