Recipe for "lasagne-2"

NAME

     LASAGNE-2 - A vegetable lasagne with spinach, mushrooms  and
     corn
     This vegetarian dish can be served on its own or with a side
     salad.   My  thanks  to  Erica  and  Milica who gave me this
     recipe and who tried different vegetable combinations  until
     the  corn  stopped  falling out of the sides. Experiment for
     yourself-substitute different vegetables  according  to  the
     season and your preference.

INGREDIENTS (Serves four to six people)

          LASAGNE
     1         medium onion, chopped
     250 g     carrots, grated
     500 g     spinach
     150 g     sweetcorn, drained (1/2 tin)
     100 g     mushrooms, coarsely chopped
     250 g     lasagne noodles (1/2 packet)
     2         garlic cloves
     100 g     cheese, grated
          SAUCE
     600 ml    milk
     50 g      cornflour (cornstarch)
     50 g      butter

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Gently fry the carrots and garlic in some  butter,
               set aside.
          (2)  Gently  fry  the  onions  and  mushrooms  in  some
               butter, set aside.
          (3)  Wash the spinach and cook  gently  in  a  saucepan
               without  adding  any water. Stir frequently.  This
               really does work and it stops it from going slimy.
               Add the corn to this and set aside.
          (4)  Now make the white sauce.  Melt the  butter  in  a
               saucepan, take it off the heat, add the cornflour.
               Mix this well.  Slowly add the milk, stirring  all
               the  time.  It  is important not to stop stirring,
               even for a moment.  Return it to the heat and keep
               stirring until it thickens.
          (5)  Now build your lasagne.  Take a large square oven-
               proof dish at least 5 cm deep (we use one about 20
               x30 cm for the quantities given) and  assemble  in
               layers  starting  with  a layer of lasagne, then a
               layer  of  sauce,  then  one  of  the  previously-
               prepared  vegetable  pairs.   Repeat  the lasagne,
               sauce, vegetable pair combination twice more.   At
               this  point  you should, if all has gone well, run
               out of vegetables.  Finish off  with  lasagne  and
               then sauce.
          (6)  Top with the  cheese  and  sprinkle  on  a  little
               paprika if you want.
          (7)  Bake for about 35 mins at 180 deg. C.
          (8)  The servings should stay whole as you serve them.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy, but remember to stir the sauce.  Time:  20
     minutes preparation, 35 minutes cooking.  Precision: no need
     to measure.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Calvin Sambrook
     STC Telecomunications Ltd, New Southgate, London.
     calvin@stc     mcvax!ukc!stc!calvin