Vegetarian lasagne
Prep: 25 mins
Easy Serves 6
Cook: 1 hr and 10 mins
Ingredients
3 red peppers, cut into large chunks
2 aubergines, cut into ½ cm thick slices
8 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for the dish
300g lasagne sheets
125g mozzarella
handful cherry tomatoes, halved
For the tomato sauce
1 tbsp olive oil
2 onions, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, sliced
1 carrot, roughly chopped
2 tbsp tomato purée
200ml white wine
3 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes
1 bunch of basil, leaves picked
For the white sauce
85g butter
85g plain flour
750ml milk
Method
Step 1
To make the tomato sauce, heat the olive oil in a saucepan. Add
the onions, garlic and carrot. Cook for 5-7 mins over a medium
heat until softened. Turn up the heat a little and stir in the tomato
purée. Cook for 1 min, pour in the white wine, then cook for 5
mins until this has reduced by two-thirds. Pour over the chopped
tomatoes and add the basil leaves. Bring to the boil then simmer
for 20 mins. Leave to cool then whizz in a food processor. Will
keep, cooled, in the fridge for up to three days or frozen for three
months.
Step 2
To make the white sauce, melt the butter in a saucepan, stir in the
plain flour, then cook for 2 mins. Slowly whisk in the milk, then
bring to the boil, stirring. Turn down the heat, then cook until the
sauce starts to thicken and coats the back of a wooden spoon.
Will keep, cooled, in the fridge for up to three days or frozen for
three months.
Step 3
Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Lightly oil two large
baking trays and add the peppers and aubergines. Toss with the
olive oil, season well, then roast for 25 mins until lightly browned.
Step 4
Reduce the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Lightly oil a 30 x
20cm ovenproof dish. Arrange a layer of the vegetables on the
bottom, then pour over a third of the tomato sauce. Top with a
layer of lasagne sheets, then drizzle over a quarter of the white
sauce. Repeat until you have three layers of pasta.
Step 5
Spoon the remaining white sauce over the pasta, making sure the
whole surface is covered, then scatter over the mozzarella and
cherry tomatoes. Bake for 45 mins until bubbling and golden.