09Jun 12
by Leanne Summers
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I´m a big fan of Italian cooking, but usually I don´t have time for more than throwing a handful of macaroni and some vegetables into a saucepan and letting them boil together. Last Friday night I thought I´d try a more elaborate pasta dish and found this recipe for mushroom lasagna with mozzarella and tomatoes to be easy enough even for a busy student like me.
Although the preparation does take some time, after that the lasagna makes itself in the oven while I bury my head in the books. Half an hour later, the dish is ready and you can have yourself a well-deserved treat!
What we need:
- 300g dry fusilli pasta
- 450g of sliced mushrooms (frozen or fresh)
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 large yellow onion
- 1/2 a courgette
- 400 grams of chopped tomatoes from a tin
- 400 of crème fraîche
- 400g of mozzarella
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 1 tablespoon of sugar
- a pinch of salt and pepper
- a sprig of fresh basil (optional)
How we make it:
- Preheat the oven to 225 degrees.
- Meanwhile, boil the pasta, but not too much as it will later go in the oven as well.
- If you use frozen mushrooms, place them in a frying pan and fry until the liquid is gone. Place them on a plate for later use.
- Peel and chop the garlic, onion and courgettes.
- Fry them along with olive oil in a frying pan and then add the chopped tomatoes and the sugar. Let it boil for around 10 minutes.
- Heat the crème fraîche in a saucepan and take half of the mozzarella and place it in lumps in the crème fraîche. Let them melt together. Add the salt and pepper.
- Take an oven-safe form and put some of the tomato sauce in the bottom.
- Place a layer of the fusilli on top, covering the form.
- Now, alternate between the crème fraîche sauce, tomato sauce and fusilli pasta.
- On the top, place the rest of the crème fraîche sauce and add the rest of the mozzarella cheese.
- Place in the middle of the oven for 30 minutes.
- Remove from oven and sprinkle over the fresh basil.
Serves: 4
Time needed: 50 minutes (including oven time)
Level: easy – intermediate
Less than 1 hour / Main Courses / Meal for 4 people —
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