Freeform 3-cheese and silverbeet vegetarian lasagne

Prep
15m
Cook
1h 15m
serves
6
Freeform 3 cheese lasagne with silverbeet
Freeform 3 cheese lasagne with silverbeet

Comfort food that will warm your tummy and your heart. With its rich sauce and cheese topping, nobody will think that it’s missing meat, but if you’re still not convinced, fry off some mince when making the sauce.

Ingredients (15)

  • 1 bunch silverbeet
  • 1/4 cup (60ml) extra virgin olive oil
  • 6 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • ¼ cup (60ml) verjuice
  • 2 x 400g jars tomato sugo (we used Mutti)
  • 1 tsp ground allspice
  • 1 vegetable stock cube, crumbled
  • 200g dried lasagne sheets, broken into quarters
  • 90g grated mozzarella
  • 90g grated provolone

Bechamel sauce

  • 40g unsalted butter
  • 2 tbs plain flour
  • 2 cups (500ml) milk
  • 60g finely grated parmesan
  • 1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg

Don't forget you can add these ingredients to your Woolworths shopping list.

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Method

  • 1.
    Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan-forced.
  • 2.
    Cut silverbeet leaves from stems and set aside. Finely chop stems.
  • 3.
    Heat oil in a large, deep ovenproof frypan over medium-high heat. Add chopped silverbeet stems with a pinch of salt flakes and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until softened. Add garlic and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add verjuice and cook for 5 minutes or until verjuice has evaporated. Add sugo, allspice, stock and ¾ cup (180ml) water. Bring to a simmer and cook for 25 minutes or until thickened and reduced. Season to taste.
  • 4.
    Meanwhile, roughly tear the silverbeet leaves and place in a large heatproof bowl. Cover with boiling water and stir until starting to wilt. Drain and refresh in a large bowl of iced water. Once cool, drain well, making sure to squeeze out excess water.
  • 5.
    For the bechamel, melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the flour and cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes until pale and bubbly. Slowly whisk in the milk to ensure no lumps form. Increase heat to medium-high and bring to a simmer. Cook, whisking, for 5 minutes or until slightly thickened. Remove from the heat, stir in parmesan and nutmeg, and season.
  • 6.
    Push broken lasagne sheets and torn silverbeet leaves into hot tomato sauce so they are submerged (see notes). Pour over bechamel and scatter with mozzarella and provolone. Place pan on a baking tray and bake for 35 minutes until golden, then serve.
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Recipe Notes

Make sure to season the lasagne well with salt and pepper.

Add the lasagne sheets and silverbeet little by little and alternately to avoid the pasta clumping together. This makes sure it cooks evenly, so you don’t end up with a big chunk of very al dente pasta.

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