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vegetable lasagna

Meat Vegetable Noodle Lasagna

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 55 minutes

Servings

6 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup diced onion
  • 1/3 cup diced carrot
  • 1/3 cup diced celery 
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
  • 1 tablespoon dried oregano optional
  • 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 1 pound ground veal
  • 6- ounce can tomato paste
  • 1 1/4 cups wine
  • 28- ounce can crushed tomatoes
  • 2 cups ground almonds
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 eggplant
  • 3 zucchini
  • 2 sweet potatoes

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375°F.
  • In a large saute pan, heat evoo on medium heat. Add onions, carrots, and celery; cook for 10 minutes. Add garlic, salt, crushed red pepper, and oregano (if using), and cook for for 5 minutes more.
  • Add ground veal and cook for 15 minutes, breaking up veal with a wooden spoon. Stir tomato paste into the veal mixture and cook for 10 minutes, until it fully incorporates and the mixture develops a golden brown color. 
  • Increase heat to medium-high and add wine. Cook for 5 minutes, until wine reduces. Add crushed tomatoes and cook for an additional 5 minutes.
  • With a mandolin or very sharp knife, thinly slice eggplant, zucchini, and sweet potato to form thin, lasagna-like strips. Set aside.
  • Pour 1/2 cup sauce in the bottom of a 9-x 13-inch baking dish. Place a single layer of vegetables over the sauce. Add 1 more sauce. Repeat, ending with a layer of sauce on top. Sprinkle ground almonds and salt over sauce, topping the lasagna.
  • Alternatively, if you choose to use ramekins, roll vegetable slices and place upright in ramekins, then ladle the sauce over the top and sprinkle with ground almonds.
  • Cover with aluminum foil and bake at 375°F for 45 minutes. Increase oven temperature to 450 F, uncover and bake for 10 minutes more. Serve warm.