Aunc.1873 net.cooks utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!unc!smb Thu Feb 18 21:51:22 1982 More on Veggie Lasagne I, too, enjoy meatless spinach lasagnes; not only that, but my Italian next-door neighbor serves it regularly (though she admits that her mother wouldn't dignify it with such an honored name). At any rate, her recipe (from "The Vegetarian Epicure") suggests adding a few chopped cloves of garlic to the ricotta cheese mixture; I can testify that the result is wonderful. That recipe also suggests baking it covered for the first 35-40 minutes, then uncovered for another 10-15; that makes the final sauce layer somewhat less crucial. (But if you leave it out entirely, the top layer of noodles is likely to start singing "I Am a Rock" at you.) Another touch that I enjoy is grating some Parmesan cheese on top; I typically serve it with a Caesar salad. One final note on keeping kosher: one year, my mother served a "lasagne" at a Passover Seder. First, she chose to eliminate the cheese instead of the meat, for the reasons outlined by houxp!jje. Second, since during Passover one isn't allowed to eat any grain product except matzoh (matzoh is made from unleavened flour and water dough, and tastes like a cracker, or maybe cardboard), she used matzoh soaked in water for the noodles.... The dish was not a success, and I received no thanks for my suggestion that she add some "matzohrella" the next year..... ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.