Everyone loves lasagna, but how can you vary it?

With seasonal vegetables, ideas and a pinch of fantasy, lasagna can still surprise us! Here’s how to cook lasagna in an original way.

How to reinterpret lasagna, this classic of Italian cuisine that everyone agrees on? We offer you some lasagna recipe ideas for convivial and delicious moments.

Lasagna, revise your classics!

It’s true that we never get tired of the classics in the kitchen.

Traditional Lasagna Recipe

You swear by it lasagna bolognese ? Italian lasagna is a typical comfort food with its tomato sauce, onions and minced meat. In the traditional lasagna Bolognese, beef and sausage meat are mixed and deglaze with red wine. Also, we add parmesan to the béchamel.

If you prefer a lighter version of lasagna without béchamelmake a sauce based on liquid cream and vegetable broth.

How to make lasagna

To make successful lasagna, start by oil the bottom of the dish. You can also pour béchamel sauce or tomato sauce.

Place a first layer of lasagna and place a layer of very juicy filling so that the lasagna dough is well soaked in it.

To know if the lasagna is cooked to your taste, prick with the tip of the knife.

Salmon and spinach lasagna

Salmon lasagna with spinach has earned itself a place of choice in our menus. It only requires salmon fillets, spinach (even frozen), cream, garlic and good olive oil. The little extra: toasted pine nuts !

For a change, you can replace the spinach with sliced ​​leeks and mix fresh salmon and smoked salmon.

Vegetarian lasagna and vegan lasagna

For vegetarians or when you want to eat less meat, you can also enjoy vegetable lasagna. Don’t have many ingredients on hand? Prepare this very easy vegetarian lasagna recipe with leeks and a goat cheese log.

If you want completely do without animal productsit is possible with this recipe of lasagne vegan.

For the filling: good vegetables like parsnips, spinach, sweet potatoes and zucchini. If you have them, use textured soy protein which will have plenty of time to simmer in the sauce.

To make a vegan bechamelmix a can of white beans, soy cream, lemon juice and olive oil.

How to pimp béchamel?

Lasagna recipes throughout the seasons

The great thing about lasagna is that you can eat it all year round!

Lasagna for sunny days

In spring and summer, it is a veritable festival of vegetables.

Spinach lasagna recipe – © Ana Maria Ciobanu

Put them in the spotlight by making fresh spinach lasagna or a lasagne courgette pesto with mozzarella.

To stock up on vitamins and sunshine, prepare a tuna and vegetable lasagna : zucchini, eggplant, red and green pepper, and of course, tomatoes.

And to reinterpret the dishes, we can also mix your favorites. You love the moussaka ? To rediscover it, cook an eggplant, tomato and minced meat lasagna. Similarly, you can reinvent the Basque chicken by making a chicken, pepper and tomato coulis lasagna.

As an autumn or winter dish

Lasagna and squash go very well together. To prove it, try a recipe from Pumpkin lasagna with chestnuts and button mushrooms.

In autumn, it is also the Swiss chard in full season. Take advantage of it by cooking a dish of lasagna with goat cheese and chard that you can use whole, that is to say the leaves, but also the thinly sliced ​​ribs.

In winter, the choux take center stage. In lasagna, the chou kale crunchy will contrast with the softness of the goat cheese. You can also prepare light lasagna by replacing the lasagna pasta sheets with large kale leaves. Alternate with the topping and sauce of your choice.

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