Lasagna Loaf
15 lasagne noodles, uncooked (approximately-mine were 6x3")
4 cups oyster mushrooms (or other), in strips
1 medium Vidalia onion
2 cloves garlic
1 medium sweet red bell pepper
3 1/2 cups tomato sauce
1/4 cup vegan pesto For bechamel:
1/4 cup chickpea flour (besan or gram flour)
2 cups soymilk
1/4 cup vegan margarine
Vegan Parmesan or other cheeze
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons white wine (jug wine is fine)
The quality of the pesto is important in this dish so use a good one.
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2) Finely mince onion, garlic and pepper in food processor or chopper. Sauté in oil until partially absorbed, add mushrooms and sauté until mushrooms soften a bit. Add tomato sauce, half of the pesto, and wine and allow sauce to simmer while you prepare the rest.
3) In a saucepan, melt margarine and whisk in chickpea flour. When it bubbles, slowly add milk, whisking madly until it thickens. Whisk in the remaining pesto.
4) In a long loaf pan (mine measured 4 1/2 in x 12 in approx), place a thin layer of bechamel. Cover with two uncooked lasagne noodles (it's fine if they overlap a little, or if you have lasagne that's long enough to fill the pan, well and good). Make 4 layers, alternating tomato/mushroom sauce with bechamel and ending with bechamel on top. Sprinkle with parm or cheeze.
5) Cover with foil and bake for about 50 minutes, then uncover and allow top to brown. Serve with a good red wine.
Variation: You can of course make this in a square pan but you'll need more noodles.
Source of recipe: I was thinking about what a "romantic" recipe for 2 would consist of, and came up with this. With a long loaf pan and a good red wine, and something decadent for dessert, you're good to go.
SO HOW'D IT GO?
I meant cook covered for 45 min. There's no "modify" button for review posts.
Well, the use-uncooked kind, yes. But Shelloid says if you have plenty of sauce in the dish and cook it uncovered for 45 min you can use regular noodles as well. I haven't tried that because the ones I bought were the new thin kind.
Thank you for your speedy reply yabbitgirl. Because you do not cook the lasagne sheets, I presume they are instant, is that correct?
Vidalia onions are like those large, sweet white onions. But red onion is good too because it's sweeter than the Spanish onion kind.
Is vidalia onion the same as red onion? Your recipe sounds good yabbitgirl.