Lasagna with Zucchini, Cream Cheese and Pine Nuts
The lasagna with zucchini, cream cheese and pine nuts by Spoonsparrow is a successful variation of the classic.
Ingredients
- 8 whole wheat lasagna sheets
- Salt
- 8 garlic cloves
- 3 tbsp cold-pressed olive oil
- 200 g Cream cheese
- Pepper
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 Zucchini
- 60 g pine nuts (4 tbsp)
- 10 g parsley (½ bunch)
Instructions
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1.
Cook the lasagna sheets in boiling salted water according to package instructions until al dente. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper; cut each sheet crosswise into halves.
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2.
Meanwhile, peel the garlic. Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a pan and sauté the garlic over medium heat until golden yellow. Remove, let cool, then grate finely with a pinch of salt in a mortar.
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3.
Stir the cream cheese with salt, pepper, lemon juice and the cooled garlic mixture. Roast the pine nuts in an empty pan over medium heat until fragrant; remove and cool.
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4.
Wash the zucchini, cut into 8–10 cm long pieces, then slice into ~1 cm thick rounds. Heat the remaining olive oil in a pan and brown the zucchini slices over medium heat until golden brown. Drain on kitchen paper, let cool, then season with salt and pepper.
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5.
Layer four plates with four half sheets of lasagna, alternating zucchini slices and cream cheese to build the lasagna. Wash, dry, and tear parsley leaves; sprinkle the assembled lasagnas with pine nuts and parsley.