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Pumpkin Spinach Lasagna ...

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Serves 8-10 (24x35x8cm dish)

Ingredients

Pumpkin filling

  • 1 butternut pumpkin (about 1.5kg)
  • 250g ricotta cheese
  • Pinch of salt
  • Pepper
  • Olive oil
  • 1/2 whole nutmeg freshly grated

Spinach Filling

  • 500g cooked chopped spinach
  • 1 cup ricotta
  • ½ cup grated parmesan
  • 3 garlic cloves, crushed
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • ¼-1/2 whole nutmeg, freshly grated

Oat Milk Bechamel

  • 800ml NuYu Oat Milk
  • 30g butter
  • 50g plain flour
  • 3 bay leaves
  • Salt and pepper to taste

To assemble

  • 370g lasagne sheets
  • 400g bocconcini, finely sliced
  • 1/3 cup freshly grated parmesan

Method

Pumpkin filling

  1. Peel the pumpkin and toss with olive oil and season with salt and pepper
  2. Place on a lined baking tray and bake until tender
  3. Place into a large bowl and mash with a fork
  4. Add the ricotta and freshly grated nutmeg. Set aside

Spinach Filling

  1. Place all ingredients in a bowl and season to taste

Oat Milk Bechamel

  1. Melt butter in a saucepan and add the flour
  2. Cook for a minute or two then start adding the oat milk a little at a time, whisking well to avoid lumps
  3. Keep adding slowly until all the milk has been used
  4. Add the bay leaves and simmer gently until thick
  5. Set aside (discard the bay leaves before use)

To assemble

  1. Heat oven to 170
  2. Brush the lasagne dish with a little olive oil
  3. Place a few spoons of bechamel sauce on the base and then top with a layer of lasagne sheets
  4. Spoon over 1/3 of the pumpkin mix.
  5. Scatter 1/3 bocconcini slices.
  6. Top with a layer of lasagne sheets
  7. Spoon over ½ of the spinach mix and then spoon over a thin layer of the bechamel sauce
  8. Repeat with lasagne sheets, pumpkin, bocconcini, lasagne sheets, spinach and bechamel, then scatter the remaining bocconcini and sprinkle over the grated parmesan
  9. Bake in the oven for about 45-50mins until golden brown
  10. Remove from the oven, cover with foil and allow to stand for 10-15minutes before serving