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    Courgette, spinach & ricotta lasagne

    • Preparation time: 30 minutes
    • Cooking time: 60 minutes
    • Total time: 1 hour 30 minutes 60 minutes 30 minutes

    Serves: 6 - 8

    Ingredients

    55g butter
    40g plain flour
    750ml semi-skimmed milk
    2 x 260g bag essential Waitrose spinach, washed
    1 tbsp chopped fresh oregano
    ½ tsp grated nutmeg
    250g essential Waitrose Ricotta Cheese
    1 tbsp olive oil
    4 medium courgettes, coarsely grated
    2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
    25g pack fresh basil, chopped
    50g pecorino cheese, freshly grated
    300g pack fresh lasagne sheets
    50g toasted pine nuts

    Method

    1. Preheat the oven to 200ºC, gas mark 6. Melt 40g butter in a medium pan, add the flour and cook for a minute, then whisk in the milk. Bring to the boil stirring, and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring, to give a thin white sauce. Season well.

    Heat the remaining butter in a pan, add the spinach and toss it in the melted butter. Cover the pan and cook until wilted. Boil the spinach quickly to reduce any liquid. Season and add the oregano and nutmeg. Cool and stir in the ricotta.

    2. Heat the olive oil in a non-stick frying pan, add the grated courgettes and cook for 5 minutes until golden. Add the garlic and cook for a minute then season well. Stir in the basil and half the pecorino. Season to taste.

    3. Layer up the ingredients in a buttered ovenproof dish starting with a layer of white sauce then lasagne then spinach and courgette then pine nuts. Continue until all the ingredients are used up finishing with white sauce. Sprinkle with the remaining pecorino and bake for about 40 to 45 minutes until golden and bubbling. Serve on warmed plates with a tomato and onion salad.

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