Recipe: Tasty Spinach, Ricotta & Butternut Squash Lasagne

Spinach, Ricotta & Butternut Squash Lasagne. Spinach Ricotta Pasta Bake is made with creamy ricotta and loads of spinach stirred through pasta, topped with pasta sauce, cheese and then baked until bubbly and golden. It tastes like a Spinach and Ricotta stuffed shells - but way faster to make! Beat all the ingredients (except spinach) together and mix until well blended Stir in the spinach.

Top with the tomato mixture and the remaining mozzarella cheese. Melt the butter in a large frying pan. Transfer the spinach mixture to a large bowl and add in ricotta, mozzarella, Parmesan, egg, salt and pepper. You can have Spinach, Ricotta & Butternut Squash Lasagne using 10 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Spinach, Ricotta & Butternut Squash Lasagne

1. Prepare 2 of butternut squash.
2. Prepare 3 cloves of garlic.
3. It's 500 g of lasagne sheets.
4. Prepare 100 g of Parmesan.
5. It's 250 g of ricotta.
6. It's 1 of ball mozzarella.
7. Prepare 400 g of spinach.
8. You need Bunch of sage.
9. You need of Olive oil.
10. It's of Salt & pepper.

While the pasta is boiling, prepare the ricotta sauce. Mince the garlic and add it to a large skillet with the olive oil. Add the milk and ricotta, then stir until relatively smooth (the ricotta may be slightly grainy). Place the spinach on a board so you can chop it up.

Spinach, Ricotta & Butternut Squash Lasagne step by step

1. Preheat oven to 180C..
2. Cut both butternut squash in half and remove the seeds. Chop into small cubes. Cover with oil and put it the oven for 30 minutes (or until soft)..
3. Meanwhile, finely chop garlic and fry in oil for 1 minute..
4. Add spinach and stir until it’s wilted..
5. Take off the heat. Add half of the ricotta and some sage. Stir well and set aside..
6. Once it’s finished cooking, purée half of the butternut squash. Add water to help mix..
7. In a large bowl mix the butternut squash chunks, purée and remaining ricotta..
8. Start to assemble the lasagne! Level 1: A layer of squash mix.
9. Level 2: Lasagne strips, some spinach mix and Parmesan on top..
10. Level 3: Lasagne strips, squash mix..
11. Level 4: Lasagne strips, spinach mix, squash mix, mozzarella slices and Parmesan..
12. Drizzle some oil on top and then place in the oven for 45 minutes..
13. Enjoy!.

Return the spinach to the liquid in the bowl. Get the kids to stir the ricotta, egg and Parmesan into the spinach. Pour mixture into the par-baked pie crust. In a small bowl combine ricotta with mozzarella and remaining parmesan. Dollop the ricotta all around and top and place tomatoes around the cheese.