This spinach and ricotta filling and tomato sauce, can be used to make lasagne or cannelloni. Both are equally delicious!
The recipe is for quite a large batch of the tomato sauce. If you are making cannelloni, then I spoon a layer of the sauce into the bottom of an oven proof dish, before covering with the cannelloni and a final layer of sauce.
With the lasagne recipe, I don't start with a layer of the sauce, but it's great to put the leftover sauce into the freezer for another day.
To make the tomato sauce:
2 tablespoons of olive oil
1 white onion
2 cloves of garlic
2 x 400g cans of tinned tomatoes
2 tablespoons of sun-dried tomato paste
2 tablespoons of dried oregano
1 bay leaf
Pinch of brown sugar
1 tablespoon of red wine vinegar
Handful of basil leaves
To make the spinach and ricotta filling:
400g cooking spinach
250g ricotta
Nutmeg
1 egg
1 tablespoon of parmesan
Egg lasagne sheets
For the topping:
500g mozzarella (2 x 250g packs)
Pre-heat the oven to 180°C.
For the tomato sauce:
For the spinach and ricotta filling:
For the lasagne: