Easy pasta recipe for 6 people, takes only 50 mins; recipe has spinach, olive oil, garlic clove, mascarpone, nutmeg, parmesan, lasagne, double cream and courgette.
Spinach & courgette lasagne
Course: Easy pasta
Servings
6
servings
Prep time
25 mins
Ingredients
- Garlic Clove: 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- Parmesan: 100g parmesan (or vegetarian alternative), grated
- Olive Oil: 1 tbsp olive oil
- Courgette: 3 large courgettes, sliced lengthways
- Nutmeg: 1 tsp ground nutmeg
- Spinach: 400g spinach
- Double Cream: 100ml double cream
- Mascarpone: 250g mascarpone
- Lasagne: 9 lasagne sheets
Directions
- Pour boiling water over the spinach in a sieve or colander to wilt it. Leave until cool enough to handle, then squeeze out any excess liquid. Heat the oil in anon-stick frying panover a medium heat, add the garlic and soften for 1 min. Tip in the nutmeg and cook for 1 min more, then add the mascarpone, spinach, half the cream and half the parmesan. Season generously, stir well and set aside.
- Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Spread a third of the filling over the base of a 20 x 30cm baking dish, cover with 3 lasagne sheets, then add a layer of courgettes. Repeat twice more. Pour the remaining cream over the final layer and sprinkle over the remaining parmesan. Bake for 40-45 mins or until the sauce is bubbling and the pasta has no resistance when you push a skewer through. Rest for 5 mins, then serve.
