Green Lasagna

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 1 kg spinach, fresh (or 500 g frozen, thawed)
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 3 cloves garlic
• 2 onions
• 1 shot of Aceto balsamico bianco
• Salt
• 1 cup herbs, chopped
• 70 g flour
• 70 g butter
• 750 ml milk
• 8 tomatoes
• 250 g sheep’s cheese
• 200 g lasagna sheet(s), green
• Fat for the mold
• Pepper from the mill
• Cayenne pepper
• nutmeg

Instructions

Working time approx. 45 minutes; Total time approx. 45 minutes

vegetarian spinach and tomato casserole

Clean the fresh spinach, drain the water in a sieve or similar, and then chop it (if using frozen spinach, chop it as well, if it isn’t already). Peel and chop the onions. Peel the garlic, crush it with about 1 teaspoon of salt, and then add it to a pan heated with olive oil. Add the chopped onions and sauté. Finally, add the spinach. Once the fresh spinach has wilted, deglaze with the balsamic vinegar and season with salt, pepper, cayenne pepper, and nutmeg. Let it simmer for a while and then add the herbs. For the béchamel sauce, heat the butter in a saucepan, then sprinkle the flour over it and sweat it while stirring. Gradually add the milk, stirring constantly, and bring to a boil. Once all the milk has been poured in, simmer for about 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Finally, season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Make a cross-shaped incision at the top of the tomatoes’ stems and blanch them in hot water. Let them soak for about 2 minutes, then rinse with cold water and peel. Then slice them. Crumble the feta cheese or cut it into small cubes and cut it into thirds. Grease a baking dish and then layer the lasagna sheets. Top with 1/2 of the spinach mixture, then half of the tomatoes, 1/3 of the feta cheese, and 1/3 of the béchamel sauce. Repeat with the next layer, then layer the lasagna sheets, béchamel sauce, and feta cheese on top. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C to 200°C for about 10 to 15 minutes. Caution: Some lasagna sheets take longer – the last one I used took a considerable 35 minutes, but it still didn’t burn.