Vegetarian lasagne

AMDG 04/01/08 (it still feels like homework)

Aim: to cook, under girlfirend's instructions, and eat and enjoy, a vegeterian lasagne.

Ingredients: Vegetables (1 x large red onion, 3 x peppers, doz x mushrooms, 1 x courgette, 1 x aubergine), 6 x garlic cloves, olive oil, butter, 9 x lasagne sheets, cheddar cheese, seasoning (salt, pepper, herbs of your choice).

Good for: 6 people

Apparatus: chopping board; knife; baking spoon; baking tray; baking dish, about 6"x6"x12"; patience and perseverence to keep girlfirend out of the kitchen and stay resting on the couch, cos she's sick damnit and should be resting.

Method: wash hands. Pre-heat the oven to 200. Chop the vegetables roughly into biggish (but not too big) chunks, and place them in the baking tray. Just skin the garlic cloves and throw them into the mix. Pour in a good slug or two of olive oil (but again, not too much) and mix around the vegetables with your hands. Season to taste, twice I forgot to sprinkle in some oregano. Chuck the tray all into the oven for about 20 mins.

Meanwhile, smear the inside of the dish with a bit of butter, using a cut-off from the butter packet.

When the vegetables are ready, take out the garlic cloves and mix in the red sauce directly. Build up the lasagne with layers of veg, lasagne sheets and white sauce directly into the dish - you should have enough for three layers. Top off with a good thick layer of grated cheese. Put in the oven again at 200 again for about 25-30 mins, the cheese should be nice and crispy.

Serve with a rocket salad with a simple vinegrette - oil:vinegar 2:1, mustard, salt, pepper.

Cheatsheet (someone keep sketch): Dolmio red and white sauces. Packet pasta. Pre-grated cheese, in a packet. Dried herbs.

Results: lasagne was cooked, et and enjoyed. Surprisingly simple to cook, even given that I was chef-under-instruction. Definitely room for improvement - next time, no Dolmio, I'll make my own sauces, and I'll use some fresh herbs. That'll be more satisfying

Marginalia: Robert Mugabe would understand AMDG, he being Jesuit educated and all.