This is a fine
lasagne made out of homemade lasagne sheets and char-grilled
vegetables. The freshness of it all can be tasted and it's oh so
colourful. Butternut squash brings a certain sweetness to the table
that works well with the contrast of the smokiness.
Here are the
ingredients you'll need.
For the lasagne sheets:
400g grade 00
pasta flour
A sprinkle of salt
For the sauce:
400g piccolini
cherry tomatoes
1 onion
2 garlic cloves
Olive oil
Salt
Pepper
Fresh basil leaves
For the filling:
1 butternut squash
1 orange romano
pepper
Grated mozzarella
Make the pasta
dough first. It can rest in the fridge while you are making the other
preparations. Mix the pasta flour and salt with the eggs and knead
thoroughly. Add more flour if needed. Wrap the dough in a cling film
and leave in the fridge for about one hour.
Then you can start
preparing the sauce. Simply wash the tomatoes and heat olive oil in a
pan. Fry the tomatoes under the lid until they start breaking apart.
Then add the chopped onion and garlic and simmer for about 20
minutes. Season with salt, pepper and fresh basil leaves. You can
puree the sauce if you would like.
Cut the butternut
squash into thin slices and just cut the pepper in half. The pepper
can be chopped into smaller pieces after the grilling. Char-grill the
butternut squash and romano pepper in a griddle pan until they have
distinct grilling marks.
Process the pasta
dough through a pasta machine by making thin sheets. Cut them into
smaller lasagne sheets with a pasta cutter. I left mine in more
rustic shapes because it's more fun and they fit well into my oval
shaped oven dish.
Then you can start
layering the lasagne into an oven dish. First put a little bit sauce
and mozzarella on the bottom, then some vegetables and then lasagne
sheets. You can also add extra basil leaves. Repeat this until you
reach the top of your dish. Put more mozzarella on the top.
Bake
at 180C for about 45 minutes until cooked with golden brown cheese on
the top. Serve with watercress and a fresh white wine, for example
Riesling. I also added some of my radish leaf pesto to the side.
Enjoy!
Your VegHog
Also remember my first ever recipe here: Halloumi Lasagne with grilled peppers and The VegHog's special tomato sauce http://the-veghog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/halloumi-lasagne-with-grilled-peppers.html
ReplyDeleteI love this,I must try this
ReplyDeleteThanks! I like it a lot as well as it's a bit different. Let me know how you got on if you decide to make it!
DeleteI made this dish over the weekend,very very nice dish,the only problem was it wasn't enough ( two adults and three kids) but they loved it . Thank you for sharing . Laura
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked it, but I can see that problem for several people. You'd possibly need double the ingredients the next time. There basically can never be too much as it can always be warmed up the next day or so.
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