Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Lasagna in the raw

I'm still experimenting with raw food and I must say I LOVE IT!! This little lasagna was absolutely delicious, you must try it!

For the noodles
1 medium size courgette (zucchini), thinly sliced using a mandoline or V-slicer
Olive oil
Lemon juice
Dry oregano

Place the courgette slices in a shallow dish. Drizzle with olive oil, lemon juice and dry oregano. Set aside until ready to assemble.

For the tomato sauce
1 medium size tomato, quartered
1 full table spoon of sundried tomatoes
1 garlic clove
olive oil
Sea salt for seasoning

Place all ingredients in food processor and mix until sauce like texture.

For the ricotta cheese
1 cup of mixed raw nuts (or your own favorite raw nuts)
1/4 cup almond milk
1/2 garlic clove
1/2 teaspoon garam masala (optional)
1 tbsp lemon juice (or to taste)
Sea salt for seasoning

Place all ingredients in food processor and mix until you achieve a ricotta cheese like mixture, you may need to add a bit more almond milk if too thick.

To assemble
Cut the courgette slices to 4 inch pieces. Place two pieces of courgette in the middle of a plate, side to side, forming a square shape. Place 1 tablespoon of the tomato sauce and 1 tablespoon of the ricotta cheese on top of the courgette slices. On top add 3 slices of avocados. On top of the avocados slices place 3 more pieces of courgette slices and repeat with the tomato sauce and the ricotta but this time place on top of sauces a layer of spinach. Continue the operations until you have a full piece of lasagna on your plate, altering between the avocados and the spinach.

Hope you like it!

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