Lasagne Verde Recipe
Are you looking for a tasty Lasagne Verdi recipe? The most important ingredient in Lasagne Verdi is Pasta. I prefer to make Lasagne Verdi as a Main Dish for all my family get-togethers. It is a staple food of the Italian people which has now gained popularity the world over. If you love this Lasagne Verdi recipe, do share it with your friends.
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.
