Lasagne With Turkey And Fresh Tomato Sauce Recipe

Ingredients:

***SAUCE***
2 1/2 lb Ripe plum tomatoes -OR-
4 cup canned crushed tomatoes
1 tbsp Olive oil
2 tbsp Finely chopped garlic
1/8 tsp Hot red pepper flakes
1 tsp Chopped fresh oregano -OR-
1/2 tsp dried
Salt and pepper to taste
***LASAGNE***
2 tbsp Olive oil
2 lb Freshly ground turkey meat OR- grou - leftover turkey meat
1 tsp Finely chopped garlic
1/2 cup Dry red wine
1 tsp Chopped fresh oregano -OR-
1/2 tsp dried
Salt and pepper to taste
12 Lasagne strips
2 cup Cold water
2 cup Ricotta cheese
1/4 cup Hot water
1/2 cup Grated Parmesan cheese
2 tbsp Melted butter

Instructions:

To make sauce, core tomatoes and cut them into 1-inch cubes. Put tomatoes
in food processor and blend until coarsely chopped. (There should be about
4 cups.) Heat 1 tablespoon oil in skillet; add 2 tablespoons garlic. Cook
briefly but do not brown. Add tomatoes, red pepper flakes, 1 teaspoon
fresh oregano and salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil and simmer 10
minutes. To prepare lasagne, heat 2 tablespoons oil in non-stick skillet;
add turkey. Cook, stirring to break up meat, until lightly browned. Add 1
teaspoon garlic, stir; add wine. Bring to a boil over high heat and cook
until wine evaporates. Add tomato sauce, 1 teaspoon oregano and salt and
pepper to taste. Bring to a boil and simmer 5 minutes. Meanwhile, cook
lasagne in salted water, according to instructions on package, adding
lasagne strips one at a time. Cook until tender. Add cold water to cool.
Drain, and spread strips one at a time on a damp cloth. Lightly grease a
2-quart oblong baking dish. Add a layer of lasagne. Beat ricotta with hot
water to make it spreadable. Spread about 1/3 of ricotta over lasagne.
Spread a layer of meat sauce over ricotta and sprinkle about 1/4 of
Parmesan cheese over top. Continue making layers, ending with a layer of
lasagne. Sprinkle with remaining Permesan cheese. Pour melted butter over
all. Bake in preheated 400-degree oven 15 minutes or until lasagne is
piping hot and bubbling. Makes 4 to 6 servings.

Printed in the November 22, 1992, issue of the Los Angeles Daily News.

Converted by MC_Buster.

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Servings: 4