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How To Make Spinach, Ricotta, And Tomato Lasagna

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How To Make Spinach, Ricotta, And Tomato Lasagna


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Spinach, Ricotta, and Tomato Lasagna Recipe. This traditional spinach lasagna is sure to be a favourite with the entire family. Serve it with some fresh garlic bread and a green salad. Delight in our Spinach, Ricotta, and Tomato Lasagna recipe. Enlarge Spinach, Ricotta, and Tomato Lasagna Recipe. This traditional spinach lasagna is sure to be a favourite with the entire family. Serve it with some fresh garlic bread and a green salad. Delight in our Spinach, Ricotta, and Tomato Lasagna recipe.
Serves:
4
Preparation Time:
10 minutes
Cooking Time:
1 hour 50 minutes
Total Time:
2 hours
Oven Temperature:
175° c  -  350° f

Step 1: You will need...

  • 1 kg frozen spinach, defrosted
  • 400 g tin of plum tomatoes
  • 300 g dried lasagna
  • 500 g fresh tomatoes, chopped
  • 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped
  • 1 kg ricotta cheese
  • 100 g parmesan cheese, grated
  • 50 ml olive oil
  • 1 ltr chicken stock
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • 1 large knife
  • 1 small knife
  • 1 medium pan
  • 1 baking dish, lightly oiled
  • 1 spatula

Step 2: Preheat the oven

Set the oven to 175ºC (320ºF/ gas mark 3).

Step 3: Make the tomato sauce

Place the saucepan over a medium heat. Add half the oil, half the garlic, the fresh tomatoes, stir and heat. Stew for 5 minutes. Add the plum tomatoes, half the chicken stock, and season well. Stir well and cook for 5 more minutes then transfer the tomato sauce to a bowl and set aside for later.

Step 4: Prepare the spinach

Return the pan to the stove. On a medium-high heat, add the remaining oil and garlic and stir. Add the spinach and the remaining stock. Allow to cook for 5 minutes or until the spinach is done.

Step 5: Assemble the lasagna

Build up the lasagna in layers as follows: a layer of tomato sauce; pasta; sauce; spinach; sauce; then ricotta cheese. Sprinkle on some parmesan and add another layer of pasta, then sauce, then spinach… Continue until dish is full.

Step 6: Bake the lasagna

Place the dish in the centre of the oven and bake for 45 minutes.

Step 7: Remove and serve

Once the lasagna is cooked, take it out of the oven. Allow it to cool for a few minutes before serving as this will make it easier to cut. Divide into a generous portions and serve.

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Tips & Comments
  1. Anonymous

    this is not a vegetarian dish

  2. Anonymous

    So chickens are vegetables? Interesting.

  3. Anonymous

    yum. im cooking this tonight for my boyfriend. thnk for the vid

  4. Anonymous

    My family love this recipe and we are not all vegetarians but it is so fresh and healthy with a side salad

  5. Anonymous

    nice, I'll have to try this