Lasagne Verde Recipe
Ingredients
For the pasta
1 bunch spinach
2 teacups plain flour
4 teaspoons soft butter
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 teacup white sauce with salt and pepper to taste
For the sauce
1 kg. (2 lb.) tomatoes
3 to 4 teaspoons sugar
4 tablespoons tomato ketchup
3/4 teaspoon chilli powder
50 grams (2 oz.) grated cooking cheese
1/2 teacup fresh cream, salt to taste
Directions
Sieve the flour.
Chop the spinach. Wash, add 1 teaspoon of water and blend in a liquidiser.
Apply butter to the flour. Add 3/4 teaspoon of salt and enough spinach liquid to make
a dough.
Keep the dough for 30 minutes.
Cut the tomatoes into big pieces, add 1/2 teacup of water and cook.
When cooked, take out a thick soup by putting through a sieve. Add salt, sugar and chilli powder and boil for 10 minutes.
Add the tomato ketchup and cream.
Divide the dough into 4 parts. Roll out very thinly. Cut into long strips about 12 mm. (1/2 wide)
Boil plenty of water in a vessel. Add 1 tablespoon of oil to the boiling water.
Put the lasagne in the boiling water. Cook for 1 minute and remove.
Drop straight into the prepared tomato sauce.
Add salt and pepper to the white sauce.
Grease a baking dish and fill up with lasagne.
Spread the white sauce on top and sprinkle the cheese.
Bake in a hot oven at 400°F. for 20 minutes.
Serve hot.
Note: Lasagne can be baked in white sauce also. A few boiled vegetables can also be added. It can be prepared in the morning and baked in the evening.
Chop the spinach. Wash, add 1 teaspoon of water and blend in a liquidiser.
Apply butter to the flour. Add 3/4 teaspoon of salt and enough spinach liquid to make
a dough.
Keep the dough for 30 minutes.
Cut the tomatoes into big pieces, add 1/2 teacup of water and cook.
When cooked, take out a thick soup by putting through a sieve. Add salt, sugar and chilli powder and boil for 10 minutes.
Add the tomato ketchup and cream.
Divide the dough into 4 parts. Roll out very thinly. Cut into long strips about 12 mm. (1/2 wide)
Boil plenty of water in a vessel. Add 1 tablespoon of oil to the boiling water.
Put the lasagne in the boiling water. Cook for 1 minute and remove.
Drop straight into the prepared tomato sauce.
Add salt and pepper to the white sauce.
Grease a baking dish and fill up with lasagne.
Spread the white sauce on top and sprinkle the cheese.
Bake in a hot oven at 400°F. for 20 minutes.
Serve hot.
Note: Lasagne can be baked in white sauce also. A few boiled vegetables can also be added. It can be prepared in the morning and baked in the evening.
