Butternut and sweet potato lasagne, with sage, toasted pine nuts and nutmeg
This is one of my stalwart recipes that used to only make an appearance when there was a vegetarian over at my house. But then the family began to fall in love with the soft wintry flavours and that creamy white sauce. This white sauce is a shortcut white sauce, everything just gets put in a bowl and stirred, very, very simple and just as tasty as the traditional white sauce.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 17 of 18 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 17 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Pine | 1 oz (28g) | 191 |
| Ricotta Cheese | 1/2 cup (124g) part-skim | 174 |
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Parmesan Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 110 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Walnut | 1 walnut half (4g) | 26 |
| Nutmeg | 1 tsp ground (2.2g) | 12 |
| Spinach | 1 cup raw (30g) | 7 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Rosemary | 1 tsp dried (1.2g) | 4 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Mustard | 1 tsp (5g) yellow | 3 |
| Sage | 1 tsp ground (0.7g) | 2 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Pumpkin | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 50g/2oz parmesan
- 50g/2oz dried natural breadcrumbs
- 600g/1lb 5oz prepared sweet potato and butternut squash
- pinch salt
- 4 sprigs rosemary
- 12 sage
- drizzle olive oil
- 12 lasagne sheets
- 75g/3oz baby spinach
- 100g/3½oz toasted pine nuts
- 100g/3½oz parmesan
- 2cm/¾in piece of fresh ginger
- 600g/1lb 5oz ricotta
- 2 free-range eggs
- pinch freshly grated nutmeg
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- pinch English mustard
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 80g/2oz wild rocket