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Vegetarian lasagne recipe

Vegetarian lasagne recipe

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For this delicious Italian main, classic lasagne has been given a satisfying meat-free twist. Packed with hearty puy lentils, carrots, onions and celery – this vegetarian lasagne recipe will have the whole family wanting more. See method

  • Serves 6
  • 25 mins to prepare and 1 hr 30 mins to cook
  • 590 calories / serving
  • Freezable

Ingredients

    For the lentil ragu

    • 2 tbsp olive oil
    • 125g frozen sliced onions
    • 1 carrot, finely diced
    • 1 celery stalk, finely diced
    • 3 garlic cloves, crushed
    • 150g mushrooms, finely chopped
    • 100ml red wine
    • 250g ready cooked Puy lentils
    • 400g tinned chopped tomatoes
    • 100ml vegetable stock
    • 1 tsp dried mixed herbs
    • 1 bay leaf
    • 2 tbsp tomato purée

    For the white sauce

    • 100g butter
    • 100g plain flour
    • 600ml semi-skimmed milk
    • pinch of nutmeg
    • 9-12 dried lasagne sheets
    • 50g vegetarian Italian-style hard cheese, grated
    • 100g mozzarella, torn
If you don't have green lentils, you can try using cooked red lentils instead.

Each serving contains

  • Energy

    2475kj
    590kcal     30%

  • Fat

    27g 39%

  • Saturates

    14g 71%

  • Sugars

    12g 13%

  • Salt

    0.9g 14%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 65.6g Protein 22.6g Fibre 5.8g

Method

  1. To make the lentil ragu, heat the olive oil in a large saucepan. Add the onion, carrot and celery and cook for 5-6 mins until starting to soften. Add the garlic and mushrooms and cook for a further 5 mins on medium.
  2. When the vegetables are soft, add in the wine and cook until it is reduced by half. Wash the lentils in a sieve and tip into the pan, mix well to combine and then add the tomatoes, stock, herbs, bay leaf, 2 tbsp tomato purée and 1 tsp of ground black pepper.
  3. Partially cover a lid on the pan cook on medium for 20-25 mins. Add 1 tsp of salt when the ragu is nearly done. While the ragu is cooking, prepare the white sauce and preheat the oven to gas 6, 200°C, 180° C fan.
  4. Melt the butter in a saucepan and then add the flour, mix until all combined and cook for 2-3 mins. Take the pan off the heat and gradually whisk in the milk and nutmeg. When all the milk is added, return to the heat and bring to a gentle boil for 2 mins, stirring, until you have a custard consistency.
  5. In a large, ovenproof baking dish, layer up the lasagne. Start with ragu, followed by 3-4 lasagne sheets, depending on the size of your dish, top with white sauce and repeat until everything is used up, finishing with white sauce. Top with torn mozzarella and vegetarian cheese and bake in the oven for 40 mins.

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