Winter
A little Bit Different Lasagna
- Prep time 1 hour
- Cook time 40 minutes
- Serves 12
Author Notes
My lasagna is a little bit different because it has a layer of fresh stir Fried vegetables and a layer of velvety eggs and Parmesan cheese. Pizza sauce is an added different twist to the traditional lasagna sauce . —Karen
What You'll Need
Ingredients
- Layering ingredients
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8 cups
Torn and despined kale and spinach
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2 cups
Washed and sliced porcini mushrooms
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3 tablespoons
Olive oil
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1 teaspoon
Seasoned salt
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1 tablespoon
Powdered garlic
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1 teaspoon
Dried basil
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1 teaspoon
Dried Italian seasoning
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12 pieces
Lasagna noodles
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1 quart
Marinara Sauce
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1 pint
Pizza sauce
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2 ounces
Tomato paste
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4 pieces
Eggs
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1 cup
Grated Parmesan cheese
- Cheese filling
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4 cups
Grated mozzarella cheese
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3 pieces
Eggs
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2 pints
Part Skim Ricotta Cheese
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1 tablespoon
Dried basil
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1 tablespoon
Dried parsley
Directions
- Layering ingredients
- Thoroughly tear and despine 5 cups of fresh washed kale, remove the stems from 3 cups of washed fresh spinach . Wash and slice 2cups of porcini mushrooms . Sauté the mushrooms separately in a pan with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and season salt until softened remove from pan and place mushrooms in a medium size mixing bowl . Continue to sauté the kale until limp and soft, then the spinach in the remainder of the olive oil sprinkling with garlic powder . Remove from pan and place in the medium size mixing bowl with the mushrooms , stir .
- In another pan while the vegetables are sautéing combine 1 large jar of marinara sauce , I small jar of pizza sauce and 1/2 can tomato paste . Stir until combined and simmer for a few minutes . Add a cup of the sauce to the sautéd vegetables. Sprinkle with Italian seasoning and dried basil . Remove the remainder of the sauce from the heat .
- Bring a pot of salted and olive oiled water to a rolling boil . Add 9 lasagna noodles , boil according to package directions.
- In a separate bowl combine 4 large organic eggs and 1 cup of grated Parmesan cheese. Set aside.
- Cheese filling
- Mix together all cheeses and eggs and basil in large mixing bowl and set aside. Prepare a 10x13 pan by coating with a few tablespoons of the red sauce.
- Layer three lasagna noodles length wise across pan
- Drop large dollops of all the cheese mixture on the lasagna noodles and spread the cheese with a spatula.
- Add another layer of lasagna noodles , spread all the sautéed vegetables across the lasagna noodles , spread more red sauce over the vegetables
- Add another layer of lasagna noodles , spread with the egg and Parmesan cheese mixture,
- Top with last layer of lasagna noodles , drizzle the red sauce over the noodles then sprinkle the noodles generously with mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese .
- The final steps are to sprinkle the top layer of noodles with parsley flakes,, then bake for 40 minutes at 325 degrees pre-heated oven. .let cool for a few minutes then cut squares of lasagna into serving pieces .
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