Lasagna is my go-to pasta recipe but I wanted to make it healthier so I made this delicious lamb and pumpkin lasagne as an alternative. This recipe is so good that sometimes, I choose it over the pasta recipe.
½teaspoonchili flakes (chilli flakes in British English)
½mediumbutternut pumpkin
2mediumcourgettes also called zucchini (Courgettes French / Zucchini Italian)
1punnet cherry tomatoes
60gramsfeta cheese - goat's
30gramsParmesan cheese
1pinchsalt
1pinchground black pepper
2tablespoonsolive oil
Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Slice pumpkin as thinly as possible, about 1/2 to 1-centimetre thick, leaving the skin on. Season both sides with salt/pepper, spray (or brush) with olive oil, and lay out on two oven trays covered in baking paper. Cook in the oven for 20 minutes.
While the pumpkin is cooking, prepare the meat sauce. Finely chop the onion, and crush the garlic. Heat a large saucepan and sauté onion in 2 tablespoons of olive oil until soft; add mince and cook until lightly browned.
Add the rosemary, garlic, tinned tomatoes and chilli flakes, and a good amount of salt and pepper (more salt). Leave to simmer for 10 minutes.
Taste the sauce mix, and add more salt/pepper and rosemary to taste. Leave to simmer for another 10 to 15 minutes until the sauce has reduced.
Remove the pumpkin from the oven. Thinly slice courgette lengthways into long strips. In an oven dish, layer alternating pumpkin/courgette and lamb mince, starting with lamb on the bottom. With each pumpkin layer, add a goat’s cheese sprinkle. Top with halved cherry tomatoes, feta and Parmesan.
Cook for 30 to 40 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius, or until golden brown. Enjoy!