Spinach, ricotta and Parma ham lasagne

Name: Spinach, ricotta and Parma ham lasagne
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Italian, European, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 500g frozen spinach, defrosted; 200g ricotta; rasps of nutmeg; 400ml passata; 200ml single cream; small bunch of basil, finely chopped; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 1/4 tsp cinnamon; I tsp dried oregano; 9 lasagne sheets (the precooked kind); 8 slices of Parma ham; 75g Parmesan cheese, grated; 2 blocks of mozzarella (about 600g), torn apart; salt; Black pepper

5 steps

Cook:30min

We've done quite a few lasagne recipes in our time, and we're chuffed with this new one. It's rich, tasty, and delicious, but not heavy, and it's easy to make, as we use frozen spinach, precooked lasagne sheets, and a jar passata. It's an assembly job, really, and a cracking good dish.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:13:42 GMT

Ingredients

4 servings

500gfrozen spinach

defrosted

200gricotta

nutmeg

400mlpassata

200mlsingle cream

¼ tspcinnamon

8 slicesparma ham

75gparmesan cheese

600gmozzarella

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 200 C/ Fan 180 C/Gas 6.

Step 2

Squeeze out as much liquid from the spinach as you can, chop the spinach roughly and mix it with the ricotta. Season with nutmeg, salt and pepper.

Step 3

Mix the passata with the cream, basil, garlic, cinnamon and oregano. Season with salt and pepper and mix thoroughly.

Step 4

Spread a quarter of the passata mixture over the base of a rectangular oven dish, then place 3 sheets of lasagne over it. Take about a third of the spinach and ricotta mixture and drop it in teaspoonfuls over the lasagne. Tear up 4 of the slices of Parma ham and drape them in between the spinach. Sprinkle over some Parmesan and mozzarella and top with another quarter of the passata mixture. Cover with 3 sheets of lasagne and repeat the spinach, Parma ham, Parmesan and mozzarella, and passata layers. Add a final 3 sheets of lasagne, then the last of the spinach and the passata. Top with the remaining mozzarella and grated Parmesan.

Step 5

Bake in the oven for 30 minutes until brown and bubbling. Leave to stand for 10 minutes before serving.