Roast Vegetable Lasagna
October, 2019
I created this recipe using left over roasted vegetables from a batch I made for meal prep one week. It was so good I had to make it again and write the recipe up!
Roast Vegetable Lasagna
Serves 4-6
Ingredients
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1 eggplant, sliced length ways
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1 small butternut pumpkin, skin removed, halved length-ways and sliced 1cm thick
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2 capsicums, de-seeded and quartered
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2 tbs olive oil
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200ml passata sauce
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400g tin diced tomato
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250g ricotta cheese
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50g baby spinach
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Leaves from 4 thyme sprigs
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12 dried lasagna sheets
For the béchamel (cheesy) sauce:
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1/4 cup plain flour
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2/3 cup milk
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1 tbs butter
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1/4 cup mozzarella cheese
Method
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Pre-heat oven to 180°c
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Line 2 trays with baking paper
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Spread eggplant, pumpkin and capsicum on the trays and drizzle with olive oil
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Bake for 25 minutes and remove from oven
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While the vegetables are roasting, make the béchamel sauce in small saucepan over low-medium heat
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Add the flour and butter to the saucepan and stir using a whisk until butter is melted, slowly add milk, stirring (and stirring) until smooth.
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Take off heat and stir the cheese through. Set aside.
To assemble the lasagna:
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Using a medium-large size baking dish pour half the passata in and spread to cover the bottom
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Layer 3 lasagna sheets, breaking if needed to ensure all gaps are filled
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Add 1/2 of the tinned tomatoes, all eggplant and 1/2 the spinach
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Layer 3 lasagna sheets
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Add the remaining passata sauce with the pumpkin and thyme leaves
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Layer 3 lasagna sheets
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Spread the ricotta evenly over the lasagna sheets and layer the capsicum with remaining spinach
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Layer the final lasagna sheets and tomato and top with the béchamel sauce
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Cook for 30 minutes until the top is brown and bubbling
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Serve with a side salad