Sausage & Courgette Lasagne

Directions

1. 1

   Chopped up your courgettes and shallow fry in batches for 4-5 mins or you can roast in the oven for 25 mins @ 200 set aside and reserve some to garnish the top of the lasagne

2. 2

   Prepare and wash the kale. Put in a microwave bowl and cook in the microwave for 5-10 mins. This will steam the kale perfectly and leave it nice and tender

3. 3

   Remove the sausage from the skin and fry off in the pan until golden, then add the garlic powder and fennel seeds

4. 4

   Now prepare your béchamel. In a pot melt the butter over a medium heat, when melted add in the flour and whisk together until it forms a paste. Then gradually add the milk and combine until it has a sauce like consistency and coats the back of a spoon.

5. 5

   Switch off the heat and now add in the Dijon, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and combine well into the béchamel then stir in grated Parmesan cheese

6. 6

   Begin the lasagne layering in an oven proof dish. First layering the sausage meat, then Kale, then the courgettes, then béchamel then pasta sheets followed by some Parmesan repeat x 3 times. Finish with a pasta sheet layer topped with béchamel

7. 7

   Cover the dish with tin foil and bake at 180 degrees Celsius in a fan oven for 20 minutes. Then remove foil sprinkle with grated mozzarella and the caís na tire and bake for a further 15- 20 mins until bubbling and golden