BUTTERNUT SQUASH LASAGNA

 

Total Time: 2 hours
Servings 24

Ingredients

  • 6 cups Butternut squash, cubed & roasted
  • 48 ounces Ricotta cheese, whole milk
  • 3/4 tsp. Kosher salt
  • 1/2 tsp. Paprika
  • 1 tsp. Italian seasoning
  • 3/4 tsp. Dried basil
  • 1/2 tsp. Nutmeg
  • 1 1/2 cups Shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 4 cups Spinach, cooked and water squeezed out
  • 3 cups Ricotta cheese, whole milk
  • 6 each Garlic cloves, minced
  • 1/2 tsp. Kosher salt
  • 16-20 each Chickpea lasagna sheets
  • 4 1/2 cups Shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1 cup Flat leaf parsley, fresh & chopped

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Blanch the noodles until al dente. Remove and set aside.
  • Roast and cool the butternut squash. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, combine the lasagna filling ingredients together (48 oz. ricotta cheese through 1 1/2 cups mozzarella) and set aside.
  • In a large bowl, combine the spinach filling ingredients together (cooked spinach, 3 cups of ricotta, garlic cloves and kosher salt) and set aside.
  • To assemble the lasagna, oil a large 1/2 hotel pan or 2 inch deep lasagna casserole pan with cooking oil.
  • Place lasagna noodles across the bottom of the pan.
  • Layer as the following: Lasagna filling (2 cups), cubed & roasted butternut squash, lasagna noodles, spinach filling, lasagna noodles, lasagna filling (2 cups), cubed & roasted butternut squash, lasagna noodles, top with spinach filling.
  • Cover lasagna with aluminum foil. Then bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
  • Remove from oven, and top with mozzarella and chopped flat leaf parsley.
  • Bake for 15 minutes or until cheese is bubbly brown.
  • With the remaining lasagna filling, heat it in a large bottom sauce pan and heat up to simmer. Whisk. Use this as the sauce beneath the portioned lasagna serving (on the plate).
  • Allow to cool for 15-20 minutes. Serve with grilled broccolini.