Lamb And Goat Cheese Lasagna Recipes

LAMB AND GOAT CHEESE LASAGNA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Chop your onions, mince your garlic, and chop your herbs.
• Heat pan with olive oil on med-high heat and add onions and ground lamb. Saute until lamb is nicely brown and the onions start to turn translucent.
• Add your garlic, tomatoes, herbs, pepper flakes, honey and wine.
• Mix together and let simmer on med for 15 minutes. Taste and add kosher salt and pepper to your taste. Then turn to low and let simmer another 15 minutes.
• While doing this boil your pasta until ALMOST Al Dente. Drain and rinse with cold water immediately to prevent pasta from cooking any further.
• Line a 12x 8x baking dish with your first layer of pasta. Then add sauce and crumble a thin layer of feta. Repeat this three times. Save all of the kasseri cheese for the top.
• So it should be: pasta, sauce and cheese, and repeat.
• Cover with tin foil and bake for 25 minutes. After 25 minutes remove tin foil and bake for another 25 minutes. The cheese should be golden brown.
• Let set and cool for 15-20 minutes and serve.
• a fresh salad and french bread to be dipped in olive oil and balsamic vinegar goes really well with this.

BONELESS LEG OF LAMB WITH HERBED GOAT CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F. Remove netting from lamb and place on cutting board. Open the meat up and season with salt and pepper. In a mixing bowl, combine the goat cheese, garlic, parsley, rosemary and Craisins®. Place the goat cheese mixture in the middle of the lamb opening and fold side layer on top of lamb. Cut 12 pieces of twine and tie lamb so goat cheese mixture is intact. Season the outer layer of lamb with salt and pepper. Cook lamb at 450°F for 20 minutes. Turn oven down to 400°F and cook for another 55 minutes. Take out of the oven and let rest for 15 minutes before slicing.

LASAGNA WITH GOAT CHEESE FROM INA GARTEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Heat the olive oil in a large (10 to 12-inch) skillet. Add the onion and cook for 5 minutes over medium-low heat, until translucent.
• Add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute.
• Add the sausage and cook over medium-low heat, breaking it up with a fork, for 8 to 10 minutes, or until no longer pink.
• Add the Jar of Ragu Sundried Tomato & Sweet Basil Pasta Sauce Simmer, uncovered, over medium-low heat, for 15 to 20 minutes, until thickened.
• In a medium bowl, combine the ricotta, goat cheese, 1 cup of Parmesan, the egg, the remaining 2 tablespoons of parsley, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Set aside.
• Ladle 1/3 of the sauce into a 9 by 12 by 2-inch rectangular baking dish, spreading the sauce over the bottom of the dish. Then add the layers as follows: half the pasta, half the mozzarella, half the ricotta, and one third of the sauce. Add the rest of the pasta, mozzarella, ricotta, and finally, sauce. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup of Parmesan. Bake for 30 minutes, until the sauce is bubbling.

LAMB CHOPS AND GOAT CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat broiler of toaster-oven or oven broiler.
• Sprinkle pepper over chops and broil on one side for about 7 or 8 minutes on each side.
• Remove fresh thyme leaves from stems and mix with cheese. .
• Turn chops; top with cheese and thyme and continue broiling until chops have reached desired degree of doneness.

EGGPLANT AND GOAT CHEESE LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Arrange one fourth of eggplant slices in a layer in the bottom of the dish.
• Pour one fourth of pasta sauce on top of eggplant layer.
• Dot pasta sauce layer with one fourth of goat cheese slices.
• Repeat layers three more times with remaining ingredients, ending with a top layer of goat cheese.
• Bake in preheated oven until pasta sauce is bubbling and goat cheese is melted, 45 to 60 minutes.

GREEK-STYLE LAMB AND EGGPLANT LASAGNE

Steps:

• Cut eggplant lengthwise into 1/3-inch-thick slices and sprinkle slices on both sides with salt. Arrange eggplant in a large colander and weight it with a heavy bowl. Drain eggplant 1 hour. Remove bowl and pat eggplant dry.
• Set broiler rack so that eggplant will be about 4 inches from heat and preheat broiler.
• Arrange eggplant in one layer in oiled shallow baking pans and brush with oil. Broil eggplant until golden, about 3 minutes on each side.
• Make meat sauce:
• In a large heavy non-stick skillet cook onions and garlic in oil over moderate heat, stirring, until softened. Add lamb and cook, stirring to break up, until it is no longer pink, about 3 minutes. Stir in remaining meat sauce ingredients and salt and pepper to taste and simmer, uncovered, 30 minutes. Meat sauce may be made 3 days ahead, cooled completely, and chilled, covered.
• Make white sauce while meat sauce is cooking:
• In a heavy saucepan melt butter over moderately low heat and whisk in flour until smooth. Cook roux, whisking, 3 minutes. Whisk in milk in a stream and salt and pepper to taste and simmer, whisking occasionally, 5 minutes, or until thick. Whisk in egg, whisking vigorously, and simmer sauce, whisking, 1 minute. White sauce may be made 2 days ahead and chilled, its surface covered with plastic wrap.
• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Pour 1 cup meat sauce into a flame-proof baking dish, 13 by 9 by 2 inches (sauce will not cover bottom completely), and cover with 3 lasagne sheets, making sure they do not touch each other. Spread about 1 1/2 cups meat sauce over pasta and arrange 1 layer broiled eggplant on top. Gently spread about 1/2 cup white sauce over eggplant and sprinkle with about 1/3 cup feta. Make 2 more layers in same manner, beginning and ending with pasta. Spread remaining white sauce evenly over top pasta layer, making sure pasta is completely covered, and sprinkle with remaining feta.
• Cover dish tightly with foil, tenting slightly to prevent foil from touching top layer, and bake in middle of oven 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake lasagne 10 minutes more, or until top is bubbling.
• Set broiler rack so that lasagne will be about 4 inches from heat and preheat broiler.
• Broil lasagna 1 to 2 minutes, or until golden. Let lasagne stand 5 minutes before serving.

ROASTED VEGETABLE LASAGNA WITH GOAT CHEESE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450°F. Spray 15x10x1-inch pan with cooking spray. In pan, place bell peppers, summer squash, onion and mushrooms in single layer. Spray vegetables with cooking spray; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake uncovered 15 to 20 minutes, turning vegetables once, until crisp-tender.
• Meanwhile, spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) baking dish with cooking spray. Cook and drain noodles as directed on package using minimum cook time. In medium bowl, crumble chèvre into pesto; stir.
• Spread 1/2 cup pasta sauce in baking dish; top with 3 noodles. Layer with half the pesto mixture and 2 cups of the vegetables. Top with 3 more noodles. Top with 3/4 cup sauce and 1 cup shredded cheese blend. Top with 2 cups vegetables, 3 noodles, remaining half of pesto mixture, 2 cups vegetables, 3 noodles and 3/4 cup sauce. Sprinkle remaining 1 cup shredded cheese over top.
• Reduce oven temperature to 375°F. Bake uncovered 20 to 30 minutes or until hot. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting.