Lighter Veggie Lasagne

Ingredients

Lentil ragu:

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 1 carrot, finely chopped
  • 1 stick of celery, finely chopped
  • 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
  • 1tbsp dried mixed herbs
  • 1tbsp tomato puree
  • 75ml red wine
  • 150g mushrooms, chopped
  • 2 x 400g tin green lentils
  • 1 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes
  • 2 vegetable stock cubes, dissolved in 350ml boiling water

Cheese sauce:

  • 50g lighter butter
  • 50g flour
  • 500ml semi skimmed milk
  • 1tsp Dijon mustard
  • 75g Dubliner White Lighter, grated

Lasagne:

  • 9 fresh lasagne sheets
  • 20g Dubliner White Lighter, grated

Directions

  1. To make the lentil ragu, place a large saucepan over a low heat and add the oil. Once hot, sauté the onion, carrot, celery and garlic with the herbs until softened. Add the tomato puree and red wine, then increase the heat. Cook off the wine and add the mushrooms, lentils, chopped tomatoes and vegetable stock. Once simmering, reduce the heat and cook for 20 minutes or until the sauce has reduced.

  2. To make the cheese sauce, melt the butter in a saucepan over a low heat and stir through the flour to make a paste. Gradually add the milk, a little at a time whilst stirring until you have a smooth sauce. Stir through the mustard and grated Dubliner White Lighter, stirring continuously until you have a creamy sauce.

  3. Preheat your oven to 200C/180C fan/gas mark 6.

  4. Take your baking dish and assemble the lasagne by spreading a third of the ragu mixture, followed by a third of the lasagne sheets and then a third of the cheese sauce. Repeat this process twice more and top with grated Dubliner White Lighter.

  5. Transfer to the oven to bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden and bubbling.

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