Zucchini, ricotta and lentil lasagne

Recipes / Vegetarian

Full of fresh ingredients, Italian food has always been good for you. Now weve made it even better with this super-healthy version.

Recipe «Zucchini, ricotta and lentil lasagne» presented in category Recipes / Vegetarian, to prepare this dish you will need no more 40 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: Olive oil spray, 1 brown onion, finely chopped, 1 carrot, peeled, finely chopped, 2 celery sticks, trimmed, finely chopped, 2 garlic cloves, crushed , 2 tbsp no-added-salt tomato paste, 400g can no-added-salt chopped tomatoes, 400g can no-added-salt brown lentils, rinsed, drained , 400g low-fat ricotta, 125ml skim milk, 1 egg, lightly whisked, 3 fresh lasagne sheets, 2 large zucchini, trimmed, thinly sliced lengthways, 2 tbsp finely grated parmesan.

Ingredients:

  • Olive oil spray 
  • 1 brown onion, finely chopped 
  • 1 carrot, peeled, finely chopped 
  • 2 celery sticks, trimmed, finely chopped 
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed 
  • 2 tbsp no-added-salt tomato paste 
  • 400g can no-added-salt chopped tomatoes 
  • 400g can no-added-salt brown lentils, rinsed, drained 
  • 400g low-fat ricotta 
  • 125ml skim milk 
  • 1 egg, lightly whisked 
  • 3 fresh lasagne sheets 
  • 2 large zucchini, trimmed, thinly sliced lengthways 
  • 2 tbsp finely grated parmesan 

Instructions

  1. Heat a saucepan over medium-low heat. Spray with oil. Cook the onion, carrot and celery, stirring occasionally, for 6 minutes or until soft. Add garlic. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
  2. Add the tomato paste. Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the tomato and lentils. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or until mixture thickens. Set aside to cool slightly.
  3. Preheat oven to 180ºC. Spray a 2L (8-cup) capacity baking dish with oil. Combine the ricotta, milk and egg in a bowl.
  4. Place 80ml (1/3 cup) of lentil mixture in the dish. Top with 1 lasagne sheet, half the remaining lentil mixture, half the zucchini and one-third of the ricotta mixture. Continue layering with another lasagne sheet, remaining lentil mixture, remaining zucchini and half the remaining ricotta mixture. Top with the remaining lasagne sheet and ricotta mixture. Sprinkle with parmesan. Bake for 30 minutes.