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Creamy Courgette Lasagne

Serves 4

Ingredients

  • 9 dried lasagne sheets
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 700g (about 6) courgettes, coarsely grated
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 250g tub ricotta
  • 50g cheddar, grated
  • 350g jar tomato sauce for pasta

Method

  1. Heat oven to 220ºC (fan 200ºC).
  2. Cook the lasagne sheets for about 5 minutes until softened, but not cooked through. Rinse in cold water and then drizzle with a little oil to stop them sticking together.
  3. Meanwhile, fry the onion in a large frying pan. After three minutes, add the courgette and garlic and continue to fry until the courgette has softened and turned bright green.
  4. Stir in 2/3rds of both the ricotta and cheddar, then season to taste.
  5. Heat the tomato sauce in the oven for 2 minutes on full power until hot.
  6. In a large baking dish, layer up the lasagne (note: we used 12 sheets of pasta and did courgette/pasta/tomato/pasta/courgette/pasta/cheese topping).
  7. Top with blobs of remaining ricotta and cheddar.
  8. Bake for 10 minutes until pasta is tender and the cheese golden.