Quinoa & Mushroom Lasagna
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recipe by Tenina Holder https://bit.ly/TheWeekendTable
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- Total Time
- 6hrs 20mins
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- Serves
- 10
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- Calories
- 428
Lasagne is a family favourite but if you are vegetarian you may find this intriguing. It has been very popular with my audience for years. Try it!
Inspired by: https://tenina.com/recipes/quinoa-mushroom-lasagnarecipe updated Mar 1, 2022
Ingredients
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- Shiitake mushrooms
- 40 g
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- Water
- 400 g
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- Fresh basil leaves
- 3 handfuls
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- Onion
- 300 g
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- Cremini mushrooms
- 200 g
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- Parmesan cheese
- 80 g
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- Cheddar cheese
- 200 g
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- Nutmeg
- as needed
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- Black pepper
- as needed
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- Quinoa
- 100 g
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- Soy sauce
- 4 tablespoons
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- Garlic clove
- 5
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- Extra virgin olive oil
- 30 g
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- Red bell pepper
- 200 g
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- Pink himalayan salt flakes
- 2 teaspoons
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- Tomato purée
- 700 g
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- Sugar
- 10 g
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- Tomato paste
- 50 g
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- Umami paste
- 60 g
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- Butter
- 45 g
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- All purpose flour
- 40 g
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- Egg
- 2
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- Milk
- 600 g
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- Pink himalayan salt flakes
- as needed
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- Lasagna noodles
- 250 g
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- Mixed green salad
- as needed
Tools
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Oven
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TM5
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Cutting board
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Medium glass bowl
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Tm5 bowl
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Glass baking dish - 13 x 9 x 2"
Step preview
- Place quinoa, dried mushrooms, soy sauce and boiling water into an insulated bowl
- Cover and allow to soak overnight or for several hours
- Remove mushrooms and slice
- Return to quinoa and set aside
- Place basil into a Thermomix bowl
- Chop with MC in place 3 sec, speed 6
- Place onions, garlic and EVOO into the Thermomix bowl
- Chop with MC in place 5 sec, speed 5
- Scrape down sides of TM5 bowl
- Sauté 5 min, Varoma, speed 1
- Add red bell pepper, mushrooms, salt, tomato puree, sugar, tomato paste, umami paste, quinoa, mushroom mixture and liquid
- Cook for 30 min, 90°C, reverse speed 2
- Set aside
- Pre-heat oven - 160°C
- Place cheeses into a clean, dry Thermomix bowl
- Mill with MC in place 8 sec/speed 8
- Remove from bowl and set aside
- Place all remaining béchamel ingredients: butter, flour, eggs, milk, salt, pepper and nutmeg into the Thermomix bowl
- Cook for 8 min, 80°C, speed 4
- Add approximately half the grated cheese to the Thermomix bowl
- Cook for 2 min, 90°C, speed 4
- In large rectangular baking dish, spread a little of the ragu until the base of the dish is covered
- Top with lasagne sheets, béchamel, more ragu, lasagne sheets, béchamel and ragu finishing with lasagne and béchamel
- Top béchamel with remaining grated cheese; cover with foil
- Bake - 1 hr, 160°C
- Remove foil
- Brown top by increasing oven temperature to 180-200°C and cook for a further 10-15 minutes
- Slice and serve hot with salad