Fun Evening

[gnomi]

Tonight mabfan and I hosted madknits and eireangus for dinner. Usually when eireangus is in town, we go out to a local kosher restaurant, but since it's Pesach, none of the kosher restaurants are open. So I made dinner for the four of us, instead.

Since madknits is a vegetarian and mabfan and I tend to eat more dairy than meat at home, the challenge was to find a kosher for Pesach meal that was dairy. So (cribbing from a family recipe), I made matzah lasagna:

Makes 2 8x8 pans of lasagna:

6 boards matzah
1 24-oz container cottage cheese
1 8-oz package shredded mozzerella cheese
1/4 to 1/3 c. grated parmesan or romano cheese
1 large (28 oz) can tomato sauce (or one jar premade pasta sauce)
Spices to taste (I like garlic, onion, basil, oregano, and rosemary in my tomato sauce)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine cottage cheese, parmesan or romano, and 2/3 of the package of mozzerella cheese (save the rest for the top of the lasagna).

Wet the boards of matzah with water, but don't make them too wet or they'll fall apart.

Add spices to tomato sauce and mix well.

In 8x8 pan, spread 2-3 Tbsp of tomato sauce into the bottom of the pan.
Place board of matzah on top of sauce.
Spread ~1/6 of the sauce onto board of matzah.
Spread ~1/4 of cheese mixture on top of sauce.
Repeat matzah-sauce-cheese layering.
Add third board of matzah to top, spread 1/6 of sauce on top, and sprinkle with 1/2 of remaining mozzerella cheese.

Repeat entire layering process for second 8x8 pan.

Bake uncovered at 350 F for about 25-30 minutes, until cheese is browned.

Serves somewhere between 4-8, depending on how hungry people are.


I made it with regular matzah, but any type of matzah (whole wheat, oat, spelt, whatever) should work.

Comments

[cbpotts.livejournal.com]

Hey! Quick question for you: when it's not Pesach, you can eat tortillas, yes? For if yes, I found a very awesome Tex Mex vegetarian lasagne you should try. But it is very strong with the beans, forewarned is forearmed, and forearms is half an octopus!

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Yes, indeedy. Tortillas are yummy.

I have a so-called Mexican lasagna recipe, but I'm always on the lookout for others. Please share!

[cbpotts.livejournal.com]

I will in the morning :-) Verily, I've got 250 words to go, and I'm going to bed. But woo hoo, I wrote 12K today :-). What a day. Phew.

[introverte.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a yummy dish.

[madknits.livejournal.com]

The dinner was wicked good, and it was lovely to see you all. Thanks for bringing us all together.

[cellio]

This would probably be tasty with the egg/onion matzah.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Sounds similar to the matzah pizza we made yesterday.