A few months ago, I made lasagna with a homemade turkey meat sauce. As a result of that recipe, I have had a box of semi-used lasagna noodles in my cupboard ever since. To use up this box of noodles somehow, I started browsing the internet for recipes. Turns out, there is this thing out there called lasagna roll-up which is like a regular lasagna but comes in self-contain packages. Great, that's a good idea; but what fillings am I going to use? The meat sauce last time was good but I do not want to make it again; I just scrubbed down my stove to return it to its original glory! Besides, we've had so much meat this past week with Christmas. So after some more browsing, I found a recipe that seems both tasty & easy to do.
To make 8 lasagna roll ups...
2.5 cups mushrooms, diced small
4 cloves garlic, minced
6 ounces baby spinach, chopped
8 lasagna noodles
10 ounces whole milk ricotta
1 egg
0.2 cups grated Parmesan
2 cups pre-made tomato pasta sauce
1.5 cups low-moisture mozzarella cheese, grated
Salt & pepper to taste
This shouldn't take too long...
Cook the lasagna noodles 1 minute less than the package instructions
While the noodles are cooking, sauté vegetables until the water is released; season with salt/pepper
In a bowl, combine together egg, ricotta, & parmesan cheese
Lay cooked noodles on a flat surface & spread on a thin coat of the cheese mixture
Top off each noodle with a layer of the vegetables & roll them up carefully
Arrange the lasagna rolls in a single layer in a shallow baking dish
Cover the lasagna rolls with a coating of tomato sauce & sprinkle with mozzarella cheese
Bake at 350F for 25 minutes
The end product was pretty good & it took a lot less time in the oven than a traditional lasagna. It was was also definitely much easier serving out the individual roll-ups than trying to cut out rectangular pieces. I used the Trader Joe's tomato basil marinara sauce & it was too sweet for my liking. Are all pre-made tomato sauces so sweet? I bought a block of mozzarella & tried to grate it with my Microplane but I guess it was too soft a cheese to grate. It worked, but it took a lot longer & a lot more work to get just enough cheese to cover the top. From now on, I am either going to use a box grater or buy shredded mozzarella & call it a day.
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