Vegetable Lasagna with fresh cheese recipe

Scamorza cheese is a fresh smoked cheese typical of Italy. It has a texture similar to mozzarella but a smokier and more intense flavor. The fresh cheese vegetable lasagna combines all the flavor of this Italian cheese with fresh vegetables and an exotic touch of cumin. Discover this lactovegetarian recipe.

Ingredients to make Vegetable Lasagna with fresh cheese:

• 1 unit of Eggplant
• 1 zucchini unit
• ½ unit of purple onion
• ½ leek unit
• 1 can of crushed tomato
• 3 units of Carrot
• 1 jar of canned artichokes
• 1 unit of green pepper
• 4 tablespoons of olive oil
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 pinch of ground black pepper
• 1 pinch of ground cumin
• 1 package of lasagna pasta
• 40 grams of smoked camorra cheese
• 30 grams of Parmesan cheese
• For the béchamel
• 2 tablespoons of Butter
• 2 tablespoons of flour
• 300 milliliters of Milk (1¼ cups)
• 1 pinch of salt

How to make Vegetable Lasagna with fresh cheese:

1. We gather all the ingredientsto make the vegetable lasagna with fresh cheese.
2. In a frying pan with olive oil, make afrying pan with the chopped onion and pepper.
3. Add the chopped leek and carrot. The leek is a perfect vegetable to prepare a cream; if you want to make it you can follow the leek cream recipe.
4. It is time to add the diced zucchini and aborigine and the chopped artichokes. Add salt, pepper and a pinch of ground cumin.
5. Tip:We have used canned artichokes, but you can use them fresh, cleaning them and cutting the leaves before adding them to the sauce.
6. Add the crushed tomato. If you prefer, you can use fresh tomatoes. In this case it is convenient to peel them and remove the seeds.
7. Tip:If the tomato is very acidic, you can add a little sugar or a splash of milk.
8. To finish with the filling, add the diced fresh camorra cheeseand mix well. We reserve the filling.
9. Cook the lasagna sheetsin plenty of boiling salted water. The cooking time depends on the manufacturer’s instructions.
10. Meanwhile, we prepare the béchamel sauce for lasagna: melt the butter, add the flour and cook for 1 minute. Next, we add the milk and salt, and stir until thickened.
11. Once the pasta is cooked, we assemble the vegetable lasagnawith fresh cheese.
12. In a baking dish we place the lasagna pasta covering the base and add half of our vegetable filling.
13. We put a layer of pasta again, another layer with the rest of the filling and cover with a last layer of lasagna.
14. Finally, we add the béchamel and grated Parmesan cheese. Bake in the ovenuntil the top is browned.