*  Exported from  MasterCook II  *

                             Spinach Lasagna

Recipe By     : Original recipe by Sean Gilley, Mathematical Sciences, U of
Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Vegetables

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1 1/8  quarts        tomato sauce
   1 1/8  pounds        canned tomatoes
   2                    medium onions
   8                    cloves garlic
     1/2  pound         black olives -- drained (optional)
     1/2  pound         green olives -- drained (optional)
     1/2  pound         mushrooms (optional)
   1                    large bunch broccoli (optional)
   1      pound         mozzarella cheese
   1      pound         other cheese (cheddar, swiss, jack, etc.)
   1 1/8  pounds        cottage cheese
     7/8  ounce         parsley (optional)
     1/2  pound         spinach
   3                    eggs
   2 1/4  pounds        lasagna noodles (approximately 2 boxes)
                        Italian spices -- to taste

1.  Sauce:  Put tomatoes and tomato sauce in large pot over low heat.  Press
 garlic, add.  Chop onions, olives, mushrooms, and broccoli, add.  Add
 spices to taste. Simmer covered over low heat until the whole tomatoes have
 merged with the rest of the sauce and you can no longer tell where one
 begins and the other ends.

2.  Cheese:  Grate the cheeses and mix.  Add eggs, parsley, and spinach, mix
 well.

3.  Building the lasagna:  In a lasagna pan, put in just enough sauce to
 cover the bottom of the pan.  Make a layer of noodles.  Using about half of
 the available cheese mixture, make a layer of cheese.  Another layer of
 noodles.  Cover the noodles with sauce, the important thing being to make
 sure all noodles have at least some sauce on them.  Another layer of
 noodles. Use the rest of the cheese mixture and make a layer of cheese.
 Put down the last layer of noodles, then use the remaining amount of sauce,
 or as much as possible, and cover the noodles in sauce.

4.  Bake at 190 °C for 45 minutes.

Author's Notes:
    This recipe was posted to usenet by sridhar@spt.tek.com who got it from
 Sean Gilley (slg@e.ms.uky.edu).  I modifed it slightly to my tastes
 (naturally).

    The lasagna noodles are when you build the lasagna.  Be stingy with the
 sauce, if you aren't, you'll end up short at the end where you need it
 most. If you do things as specified here, you will end up with a lasagna
 layered as (s-n-c-n-s-n-c-n-s), (sauce, noodles, cheese, etc.) but some
 prefer the heretic's way: (c-n-s-c-n-s-c-n-s)

Difficulty    : moderate.
Precision     : Approximate measurement OK.

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