Use shop bought fresh lasagna sheets if you don't want to make your own pasta. The sauce can be made the day before and reheated. This version is for a main course for 4, reduce the stack to just two pieces of lasagna for a starter dish for 8.
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Ingredients
8sheetsfresh lasagna (see link for homemade)
Red pepper sauce
1tbspolive oil
2red peppersdeseeded and cut into strips
2largeskinned ripe tomatoes (or from a tin)roughly chopped
1clovegarlicpeeled
1tbspbalsamic vinegar
vegetable filling
1butternut squashpeeled and diced
1red onioncut into thin wedges
1largecourgettequartered and 1 cm slice
2tbspolive oil
2tspcumin seeds
1/2tspchilli flakes
To serve
drizzleolive oil
shavings of parmesan to garnish
Instructions
If making spinach pasta, use the recipe link here.
Use a large round pastry cutter and cut out 16 circles. If you don't have a pastry cutter cut the lasagna into 16 squares.
Red pepper sauce
Heat the olive oil in a saucepan. Once the oil is smoking, drop in the peppers and allow them to brown on the edges, stirring occasionally. Once they have some good colour, add the tomatoes, garlic clove and a good pinch of salt. Turn the heat to the lowest setting, put a lid on the pan and leave to stew for 30 minutes stirring occasionally.
Once cooked and soft, tip into a blender or food processor and blitz to a rough purée stir int he balsamic vinegar, taste and add more salt if necessary. Either keep warm or allow to cool until needed.
Vegetable filling
Preheat the oven to 200C fan. Put the butternut squash, onion and courgette on a baking tray. Drizzle with olive oil and use your hands to toss the veg. Sprinkle with cumin, chilli flakes and season with plenty of salt and pepper. Put in the oven and roast for 30 minutes.
To sesrve
Bring a pan of salted water to the boil. Cook 8 pieces of lasagna for 1 minute or until it floats. Using a spider strainer, remove the pieces to plate and drizzle with oil. Repeat with the remaining 8.
Place a piece of lasagna each plate, add some vegetables, a spoonful of pepper sauce and top with another piece of lasagna. Continue this until you have 4 sheets of lasagna, finish with some pepper sauce and parmesan shavings.