Coretta Jongeling, Online and social media editor at Resource You come across all the flavours of the world in the WUR community. Resource editor Coretta Jongeling shares her version of the ultimate comfort food: lasagne!
‘An Italian dish really, of course, although I might now get some protest from the Italian community… This lasagne is quite famous and friends who visit ask for it specifically. I often used to make it on a Saturday before going out: we would eat half of it for dinner and the other half when we came back feeling peckish after a night’s drinking.’
Ingredients for 2 people:
- 2 large cloves of garlic
- 1 large onion
- 150g mushrooms
- 1 courgette
- 100g vegetarian mince
- 2 350g packets of Tomato Frito
- 1 tbsp olive oil plus extra for greasing the dish
- 2 tbsp red pesto
- 200g lasagne
- 1 ball of mozzarella
- 100g grated mature cheese
- Salt, pepper and oregano to taste
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
- Finely chop the garlic and onions and thinly slice the mushrooms.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil and fry the onion, garlic and mushrooms over a medium heat.
- When the onion starts to darken, add the Tomato Frito, pesto and vegetarian mince.
- Turn down the heat and let the sauce simmer a while.
- Meanwhile, top and tail the courgette and slice it thinly lengthways with a Dutch cheese slicer. Grease the oven dish. Slice the mozzarella.
- Taste the sauce and season it with the salt, pepper and oregano.
- Put a layer of sauce in the dish, followed by a layer of courgette slices and then a layer of lasagne. Continue layering until you have used everything, finishing with sauce.
- Spread the mozzarella and grated cheese evenly over the top.
- Place the dish in the centre of the oven for 40 minutes.
- Enjoy!
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