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Vegetable and lentil lasagne

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Vegetable and lentil lasagne
 
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Prep time
45 mins
Cook time
45 mins
Total time
1 hour 30 mins
 
Lasagne takes a little work to prepare but once made you just bake it in the oven so it's a great prepare ahead or have an extra one in the freezer sort of meal. I use this 'cheese' sauce for cauliflower cheese and other dishes that need a tasty, thick, cheesy sauce. Easier than standing over a pot of sauce waiting for it to thicken in my view. I divide this lasagne into two ceramic dishes - 20x20cm and 18x23cm so I can freeze one for later. You could make a big one in a large lasagne pan.
Author: Rachel
Recipe type: whole food plant based, dairy free
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
  • 200g mushrooms, washed and sliced
  • 1 red bell pepper / capsicum, deseeded and sliced
  • 1 head broccoli, cut into small pieces (about 250g)
  • 150g sweetcorn, fresh, frozen or canned
  • 250g cooked brown lentils or a can of lentils drained and rinsed
  • 2 x 420g cans oil-free pasta sauce or homemade
  • 300g whole-wheat lasagne - the no-pre cooking sort (substitute gluten free if desired)
  • For the 'cheese' sauce:
  • 1 onion unpeeled
  • 2 whole orange kumara / sweet potato unpeeled (about 200g)
  • 3 garlic cloves, unpeeled
  • 50g cashews soaked in ½ cup hot water
  • 1 Tbsp miso paste
  • 1 Tbsp nutritional yeast
  • 1 Tbsp dijon mustard
Instructions
  1. Start by preparing the vegetables for the sauce.
  2. Steam the onion, sweet potato and garlic for about 30 minutes until very soft.
  3. I do this in a pressure cooker at high pressure for ten minutes.
  4. Leave in the steamer basket to cool
  5. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C / 350 degrees F.
  6. While the vegetables are steaming, in a large non-stick pan sauté the mushrooms in a couple of tablespoons of water over a medium heat.
  7. Stir regularly and add a little more water if they start to stick.
  8. After five minutes once the mushrooms are starting to brown add the bell pepper / capsicum and sauté for another five minutes or so until the pepper softens.
  9. Add the broccoli, sweetcorn and lentils and continue to cook for another five minutes until the broccoli is tender.
  10. Divide the sheets of lasagne into three piles.
  11. Layer one third of the lasagne in the bottom of the dish. I use 12 sheets of lasagne in two dishes so start with two sheets in each.
  12. Spread half the cooked mushroom, vegetable and lentil mixture on top of the lasagne.
  13. Spread half the pasta sauce (one can) over the vegetables.
  14. Repeat the layering with another layer of lasagne, vegetables mixture and the remaining pasta sauce.
  15. Finish with the last third of the lasagne sheets.
  16. Once the steamed kumara/sweet potato, onion and garlic are cool enough to handle, cut off the bottom of the onion and garlic cloves and slip off their skins and discard.
  17. Slip off the skin of the kumara/sweet potato and discard.
  18. Put the kumara/sweet potato flesh, peeled onion and garlic, cashews including their soaking water, miso, nutritional yeast and mustard in a liquidiser or high speed blender and process until smooth.
  19. Scrape down the sides and add more hot water if necessary to get a thick 'cheese' sauce.
  20. Taste and adjust seasoning.
  21. Pour the 'cheese' sauce over the lasagne sheets in an even layer. You may not need all the sauce but it keeps well in the fridge for other things.
  22. Bake for 45 minutes.
  23. If you want a crunchy topping add a layer of fresh breadcrumbs in the last 10 minutes of cooking.
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I'm an enthusiastic gardener who loves eating things I've grown. Initally I grew and sold boxes of homegrown produce. When I couldn't satisfy the demand, I started teaching my customers how to grow their own. I teach, write, sew and cook. I'm also catching up on learning to play piano. More...

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