Aunc.1873
net.cooks
utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!unc!smb
Thu Feb 18 21:51:22 1982
More on Veggie Lasagne
I, too, enjoy meatless spinach lasagnes; not only that, but my Italian
next-door neighbor serves it regularly (though she admits that her
mother wouldn't dignify it with such an honored name). At any rate, her
recipe (from "The Vegetarian Epicure") suggests adding a few chopped
cloves of garlic to the ricotta cheese mixture; I can testify that the
result is wonderful. That recipe also suggests baking it covered for
the first 35-40 minutes, then uncovered for another 10-15; that makes
the final sauce layer somewhat less crucial. (But if you leave it out
entirely, the top layer of noodles is likely to start singing "I Am a Rock"
at you.) Another touch that I enjoy is grating some Parmesan cheese on
top; I typically serve it with a Caesar salad.
One final note on keeping kosher: one year, my mother served a "lasagne"
at a Passover Seder. First, she chose to eliminate the cheese instead
of the meat, for the reasons outlined by houxp!jje. Second, since during
Passover one isn't allowed to eat any grain product except matzoh (matzoh
is made from unleavened flour and water dough, and tastes like a cracker,
or maybe cardboard), she used matzoh soaked in water for the noodles....
The dish was not a success, and I received no thanks for my suggestion that
she add some "matzohrella" the next year.....
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