Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Easy-Being-Green Lasagne

Green Lasagne

(Simplified and veggie-fied, this noodle stack succeeds at "water management."  Requires side of garlic bread.)

24 oz shredded italian cheese blend
20 oz. garlic alfredo sauce
24 oz ricotta cheese
2 eggs
1 box frozen broccoli florets, thaw and squeeze dry
1 box frozen chopped spinach, thaw and squeeze dry
1 medium zucchini, sliced 1/4 in, salted, towel-dried
Salt + pepper, dash of nutmeg
3+ cloves garlic, minced
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 pkg oven-cook Lasagne noodles


Turn oven on to 375. Oil lasagne pan.
Divide ricotta in half, adding an egg to each half, and seasoning both with salt, pepper, and nutmeg, Add broccoli florets to one half, and chopped spinach to the other.

Mise en place are:
garlic oil
alfredo sauce
oven-ready noodles
sliced+salted zucchini
broccoli+ricotta
spinach+ricotta
shredded cheese

After layering, bake 45 minutes, then let rest for 10 min. before cutting.

First layer: Lay out zucchini circles in a flat layer, brush with minced garlic + olive oil.
Second layer: Oven-ready noodles, can break to fit
Third layer: Spinach-ricotta mixture
Fourth layer: 6 oz. shredded italian cheese blend
Fifth layer: Oven-ready noodles
Sixth layer: Broccoli-ricotta mixture
Seventh layer: 6 oz. shredded italian cheese blend
Eighth layer: Oven-ready noodles
Ninth layer: Garlic alfredo sauce, poured evenly (thin with dairy if it won't pour)

Tenth layer: 6 oz. shredded italian cheese blend

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