
Serves 6 – 8
Supplement ordinary mushrooms with chestnut, chanterelle, portobello, oyster, porcini or shiitake mushrooms to make this lasagne a taste sensation.
Ingredients
- 225 g (8 oz) lasagne
- 100 g (3 1/2 oz) dairy-free “Parmesan” (see recipe for this)
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 large red onion, sliced
- 3 cloves of garlic, crushed
- 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) mixed fresh mushrooms, sliced
- 2 small leeks, white part only, chopped
- 2 tsp dried thyme
- 125 ml (4 fl oz) dry white wine
- 1 tbsp tamari
- sea salt and black pepper
- triple quality of bechamel sauce (see recipe for this)
- 3 tbsp nutritional yeast
Directions
- For the pasta, cook lasagne according to package instructions.
- If using a no-cook variety, blanch in boiling water for 2 minutes.
- Drain and lay out on a tea towel or greaseproof paper.
- Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a saucepan, then add the onion and cook over medium-high heat for 5 – 7 minutes until the onion is soft.
- Add the garlic, mushrooms, leeks and thyme and cook over low heat until the mushrooms are tender.
- Increase the heat, add the wine, allow to bubble for 2 minutes, then remove from the heat.
- Stir in the tamari and salt and pepper to taste.
- Make the bechamel sauce, then stir in the nutritional yeast.
- To assemble the lasagne, pour bechamel sauce over the bottom of a dish to form a thin layer, over with a layer of pasta, coat with 1/3 of the bechamel sauce, followed by half the mushrooms, sprinkle with a 1/3 of the “Parmesan”; repeat, finishing with a generous coating of “Parmesan”.
- Preheat oven to 175’C (350’F / 4 Gas)
- Cook for 30 minutes, then increase the heat to 200’C (400’F / 7 Gas) and continue to cook until golden brown.
Variations
Vegan Lasagne with “Cheese“
- Prepare the basic recipe, adding 225 g (8 oz) grated non-dairy “cheese” to the bechamel sauce.
Creamy Mushroom and Fennel Lasagne
- Prepare the basic recipe, adding 2 sliced fennel bulbs, blanched for 5 minutes, with the mushrooms.
Gluten-Free Mushroom Spelt Lasagne
- Prepare the basic recipe, using spelt lasagne in place of the wheat-based lasagne noodles
Lasagne Bolognese
- Prepare the base recipe, using bolognese sauce in place of the mushroom filling