Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, courgette and spinach lasagne. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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Courgette and Spinach Lasagne is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Courgette and Spinach Lasagne is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook courgette and spinach lasagne using 14 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Courgette and Spinach Lasagne:
- Prepare 500 g spinach, washed, stalks removed
- Get 300 ml milk
- Make ready 1 clove garlic
- Prepare 1 bay leaf
- Get 40 g butter
- Get 40 g flour
- Get 240 g mature cheddar cheese
- Take Nutmeg
- Make ready 2 courgettes
- Prepare 250 g cream cheese (like Philadelphia)
- Prepare 1 egg
- Take 4 lasagne sheets
- Make ready Seasonings:
- Prepare Salt, black pepper, grated nutmeg and smoked paprika
I usually have the traditional minced beef option, but this spinach and courgette lasagne recipe was created by looking in the cupboard. It uses courgette in place of pasta so you still get lots of creamy layers but a bit of a healthier result! Cut the ends off the courgettes and discard. Using a potato peeler, cut neat strips of courgette to use as the 'lasagne', stopping when you hit the spongy centre part.
Instructions to make Courgette and Spinach Lasagne:
- Grate the courgettes onto kitchen paper, then fold the paper over to squeeze some of the liquid out. Butter a baking dish.
- Wash and shake dry the spinach, chop coarsely and place in a large pan with some salt, cover and wilt on a low heat. You shouldn't need any more water because spinach holds plenty, but keep an eye on it.
- Fry the grated courgettes with some salt and pepper in some butter until just soft, then transfer to the bottom of the baking tin. Drain the wilted spinach into a sieve and push down with a wooden spoon to squeeze out the liquid.
- Place the spinach in a bowl with the cream cheese, salt and pepper and a little grated nutmeg. Mix.
- Melt the butter in a pan then stir in the flour, then the garlic, gradually add the milk and heat, stirring constantly, until it thickens. Stir in two thirds of the grated cheese, some salt and pepper and a pinch of grated nutmeg. Remove from the heat. Beat the egg in a small bowl, add a little of the cheese sauce to it and stir in, then transfer to the sauce - this is to prevent the egg cooking, which it might do if you add straight to the pan. Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4.
- Add a layer of lasagne sheets on top of the layer of courgette. Cover with half the cheese sauce.
- Top the sauce with the spinach mixture, then another layer of lasagne sheets.
- Pour over the rest of the sauce, then sprinkle over the remaining grated cheese. Dust with smoked paprika. Bake in the oven for about 40 minutes until golden on top.
This Spinach Lasagna from Delish.com will be the best veggie lasagna of your life. This courgette lasagne is a tasty veggie alternative to the meat dinner favourite. Courgettes are so versatile and make this family meal delicious and filling. Top tip for making Courgette lasagne. Using your hands, squeeze out as much water from the blanched spinach leaves as possible, then finely chop the spinach.
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