RECIPE: Donna Hay’s zucchini, spinach and mozzarella lasagne

Donna Hay loves to make it easy for home cooks. Her stunning new cookbook, One Pan Perfect – featuring over 120 recipes for simple, easy, no-fuss deliciousness which only need one pot, pan, tray or bowl – will take you from the kitchen to the table in no time at all, and make your whole family happy. Today, we’re featuring Donna Hay’s recipe for delectable zucchini, spinach and mozzarella lasagne.

Happy cooking!

Zucchini, spinach and mozzarella lasagne

Serves: 4-6

Take everything you love about lasagne – golden, bubbling top, crisp edges, gooey centre – and refresh with nourishing greens for this lighter take.

Ingredients

850g English spinach (about 4 bunches), stems removed
4 cups (1kg) fresh ricotta
1 cup (80g) finely grated parmesan, plus extra
1 cup (56g) chopped mint leaves
1 cup (52g) chopped flat-leaf (Italian) parsley leaves
sea salt and cracked black pepper
3 x 30cm (12 inch) or 6 x 15cm (6 inch) square fresh lasagne sheets, blanched
4 zucchini (courgette), thinly sliced using a mandoline
3 x 100g fresh mozzarella, drained and sliced
extra virgin olive oil, for brushing

Method

Preheat oven to 200°C (400°F).

Place the spinach into a large heatproof bowl and cover with boiling water. Allow to stand for 10 seconds, then drain. Press the spinach between absorbent kitchen paper to remove any excess moisture.

Roughly chop the spinach and place into a bowl with the ricotta, parmesan, mint, parsley, salt and pepper, and mix to combine.

To assemble the lasagne, place 1 lasagne sheet into the base of a lightly greased 22cm (8½ inch) ovenproof frying pan. Top with 1½ cupfuls of the spinach and ricotta mixture, a layer of zucchini, and then a layer of mozzarella.

Repeat layering with remaining lasagne sheets, spinach and ricotta mixture, zucchini, and mozzarella, finishing with zucchini.

Brush the zucchini with oil, sprinkle with extra parmesan and bake for 1 hour or until golden-brown.

Tips

Every fresh ricotta is different so if your ricotta mixture is a little dry, add a tablespoon of milk.

—One Pan Perfect by Donna Hay (HarperCollins Australia) is out now.

One Pan Perfect

by Donna Hay

Donna Hay returns with her new, gorgeously luxe hardcover cookbook One Pan Perfect to make life simple, easy and delicious for her millions of fans.

Donna loves to make it easy for home cooks. Her stunning new cookbook, One Pan Perfect - featuring over 120 recipes for simple, easy, no-fuss deliciousness which only need one pot, pan, tray or bowl - will take you from the kitchen to the table in no time at all, and make your whole family happy...

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