Fresh lasagne with pesto

Lasagne recipe for 6 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has milk, butter, plain flour, nutmeg, baby spinach, lasagne, pesto, cherry tomato, basil leaf, parmesan and mozzarella.

Fresh lasagne with pesto

Fresh lasagne with pesto

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Lasagne
Servings

6

servings
Prep time

20 mins

Ingredients

  • Parmesan: 175g piece fresh parmesan (or vegetarian alternative), coarsely grated
  • Cherry Tomato: 500g cherry tomato on the vine, two or three vines left whole
  • Basil Leaf: good handful of basil leaves (or one supermarket pack)
  • Milk: 1.2l milk
  • Butter: 100g butter, cut into pieces
  • Pesto: 3 rounded tbsp good quality pesto
  • Baby Spinach: 500g baby spinach leaves
  • Mozzarella: 2 x 150g balls mozzarella, preferably buffalo, torn into bite-sized pieces
  • Nutmeg: pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
  • Plain Flour: 100g plain flour
  • Lasagne: 250g lasagne sheets - fresh is best

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6/fan 180C. Put the milk, butter and flour in a medium pan and cook over a medium heat, whisking until thickened and smooth. Simmer for 1 minute. Take off the heat, season and add the nutmeg. Cool, stirring occasionally to stop a skin forming.
  2. Put the spinach in a large heatproof bowl, pour over a kettle of boiling water and leave for 30 seconds. Drain into a colander, cool under the cold tap then squeeze it well to remove the excess liquid.
  3. Spread a spoonful or two of the sauce on the bottom of a large ovenproof dish (about 30x20cm) and lay a third of the lasagne on top. Spoon over a third of the sauce and spread it out. Swirl a spoonful of pesto through the sauce with a knife and scatter over half the spinach with a third of the tomatoes, a few basil leaves and a third of the cheeses. Season with salt and pepper. Layer another third of the lasagne with a third of the sauce, a spoonful of pesto, the rest of the spinach, a third of the tomatoes and cheeses and some basil. Season.
  4. Finish with a layer of lasagne, the last of the sauce, pesto, cheeses and the tomatoes, including those on the vine. Bake for 35-40 minutes until golden. Scatter with the last of the basil leaves and serve.