Vegetarian Lasagna

14 ingredients
11 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 8 lasagna sheets (no-precook)
  • 1 eggplant
  • 2 zucchini
  • 1 lb fresh tomato (I like to use whole cherry tomatoes. They are sweet and look really pretty. If you use larger tomato)
  • 1 red pepper
  • 1 red onion
  • 2 -4 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1 bunch fresh basil, small bunch, roughly torn
  • 2 tablespoons black olives, pitted and roughly chopped
  • 23 cup mozzarella cheese
  • 13 cup parmesan cheese
  • 3 cups ricotta cheese or 3 cups cottage cheese
  • salt and pepper

Directions

  1. 1
    Cut the eggplant, zucchini, pepper and onion into chunks and put them in an oven tray with the tomatoes and garlic.
  2. 2
    Add a couple of tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and season well with salt and pepper.
  3. 3
    Stir well and roast in the oven at 200c/400F for 45 minutes to an hour until the vegetables are very soft and starting to brown.If they get slightly blackened all the better for the flavor.
  4. 4
    Just don't BURN!
  5. 5
    When the vegetables are cooked, stir in the olives and basil and you are ready to start layering.
  6. 6
    Put one third of the vegetable mixture at the base of a heatproof baking dish.
  7. 7
    Cover with one third of the mozzarella and follow with a layer of lasagna sheets.
  8. 8
    Add a third of the cottage cheese or ricotta.
  9. 9
    Repeat these layers, finishing with a layer of cottage cheese or ricotta and sprinkle with Parmesan.
  10. 10
    Bake the lasagna for about 30-40 minutes until golden.
  11. 11
    Serve with a green salad, some Italian bread and, of course some Italian red wine!

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