There is more to lasagna then a few pasta sheets, a mince Ragu & white sauce. On my little regional research of old school Italian recipes I came across this beauty in my battered 1000 recipes from Puglia cookery book that I have read a thousand times over. Based on friends reactions this definitely goes down as a winner. If anyone thinks lasagna is boring, I would like to think that this dish would change their mind.
Ingredients
300g Lasagna
250g canned Artichokes, sliced
400g Sausage meat
100g speck, sliced,
1 onion, chopped
1 garlic cloves, chopped
1 lemon, juice
60g Flour
100g Butter
1.2l chicken stock
100g Parmesan, grated
300g Scamorza, diced
Salt
White Pepper
Olive oil
- Pre-heat oven 200c
- First of all make the ‘Vellutata’ sauce (which is basically like a bechamel sauce but using chicken stock instead of milk)
- Melt the butter in a saucepan on a low heat; when melted, add in the flour & stir with a wooden spoon to make a roux. Pour half the chicken stock & keep on stirring with the spoon. Slowly add in the rest of the stock & stir until it has developed into a creamy sauce. Season with salt & white pepper.
- In an other pan, fry the garlic & onion. When softened, add the artichokes & sausage meat; pour the lemon juice & cook until evaporated.
- In an oven proof dish, add two ladles of the Vellutata sauce. Then add a layer of lasagna sheets, add the artichoke/sausage mixture, layer of Vellutata sauce, Scamorza, Parmesan & speck.
- Repeat the process, until all the mixture is gone. Finish with a layer of lasagna, Vellutata sauce & Parmesan
- Bake in the oven 30-40 mins
- Serve up for your mates, they will think you’re a Don.
