

Chicken, pumpkin and ricotta lasagne
Ingredients
- 7 cups peeled, thinly sliced buttercup pumpkin
- spray oil
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 3 cups thinly sliced Swiss brown mushrooms
- 500g bag frozen spinach
- 2 cups ricotta
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- black pepper
- 2 tablespoons reduced-fat spread
- ¼ cup plain flourall purpose flourX
- 3 cups skim milk
- 8 dried wholemeal lasagne sheets, cooked as per packet
- 2 cups cooked skinless chicken breast, chopped
- ½ cup mozzarella
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Instructions
1 Preheat oven to 180°C. Lightly grease a large baking dish. Line a baking tray with baking paper, place pumpkin on tray, spray with oil and bake for 20 minutes, or until tender.
2 Meanwhile, in a large non-stick frying pan, heat half of the olive oil over high. Sauté onion and garlic for 5 minutes. Add mushrooms and cook, stirring, for 5-7 minutes, or until soft. Remove from pan.
3 Heat remaining oil in the pan over high. Cook spinach, stirring, for 2 minutes, or until just wilted. Transfer to a colander. When spinach is cool enough to handle, squeeze out excess liquid and finely chop. In a medium bowl, combine spinach, ricotta and egg. Season with pepper.
4 In a medium saucepan, melt spread over a medium-high heat. Add flour and cook, stirring, for 1 minute, or until bubbling. Gradually stir in milk. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring, for about 5 minutes, or until mixture thickens. Remove from heat. Season with pepper.
5 Spread ½ cup of white sauce over base of baking dish. Top with two lasagne sheets, then pumpkin and half of the chicken. Drizzle over ½ cup of white sauce and top with two lasagne sheets. Evenly spread ricotta mixture over, then two lasagne sheets. Top with mushroom mixture, remaining chicken and ½ cup of white sauce. Finish with two lasagne sheets and remaining sauce and scatter with mozzarella.
6 Bake, covered with foil, for 40 minutes. Uncover and bake for a further 15-20 minutes, or until golden and pasta is tender. Leave to stand for 10 minutes before serving.
Variations
Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free flour and lasagne sheets.
HFG tip
Suitable to freeze.
NOTE: If you have a nut allergy and are using packaged goods in recipes, please check the allergen warning on the packet regarding nuts.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 546cal
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Kilojoules 2290kJ
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Protein 34g
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Total fat 16g
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–Saturated fat 7g
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Carbohydrates 60g
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–Sugars 15g
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Dietary fibre 10g
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Sodium 340mg
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Calcium 430mg
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Iron 3mg
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