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Individual Lasagna
What to do when you are wanting something new AND you are a vegetarian? I turn to pasta. I’d found an interesting recipe on the internet for individual lasagna - and I thought, why not?
So, I got out my Jamie Oliver cookbook (Jamie’s Italy) and found a recipe for the pasta, looked around my kitchen and thought - what the heck. Let’s give it a go. So I did.
First I put 2 cups of cake flour (it was the only really fine flour at the grocery store) and made a well in the middle where I put 3 hole, organic eggs…
I mixed the eggs, then stirred in the flour. When I’d gotten most of the flour incorporated I added a bit to my hands and kneaded the dough until it was oh-so-smooth. I then put it in a clean bowl covered with cling film and sat it in the fridge for about 30 min to rest.
While that was going on I looked at my gorgeous veggies (and fruits) that were just waiting to be consumed…
I had some asparagus in the freezer and thought it would be an interesting addition. So I chopped some of the tomatoes and steamed some asparagus…
I then grated about 2 cloves of garlic into a pot that I’d placed some olive oil …
By then it had been close to 30 min, so I put on some water to boil. When it was almost boiling I got out my ball of pasta and took half of it (leaving the other half for later). I divided my half into four little balls and began rolling them out…
When the water boiled I added some salt — and then turned on the heat under the pan that had the olive oil in it. When the garlic began to sizzle, I turned the heat down and added the tomatoes and asparagus.
I took my pasta, which had been somewhat drying
and added it to the boiling water - a piece at a time. I let it boil for about 2-3 minutes (it was thin) and while it did I kept an eye on the “sauce”, stirring every now and then. When the pasta was done I turned off the sauce and drained the pasta. I then took a long piece of pasta and put part of it on the plate, adding some sauce. I folded the pasta over the filling and put a bit more sauce on it. I did this a final time and the topped with a bit more sauce. I made 2 of these for my dinner - drizzling olive oil over the top. Are then not beautiful?
And the taste? FANTASTIC!!!
PS - the recipe from the internet? It had a picture so it was my inspiration. It had a red sauce and other things, mine didn’t.