No Noodle Sweet Potato Lasagna Recipes

NO NOODLE SWEET POTATO LASAGNA

Steps:

• Start the sauce prep first. In a saucepan, heat the oil and then sauté the garlic and the onion until the onion is translucent. Add the diced tomato, tomato paste, Italian seasoning, and black pepper. Stir and cook on a low heat until desired thickness is reached.
• While the sauce is cooking, prepare the main ingredients for the lasagna. Peel the skin off of the sweet potatoes and discard it. Then, using the peeler, shred the potatoes into long ribbons. Use some "oomph" and push hard into the potatoes to try to make the ribbons as thick as possible. Set the ribbons aside.
• In a skillet or pan and over a medium-high heat, begin to brown the ground beef and the sausage. Add the onion, garlic, green bell pepper, Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper, and continue to cook until the meat is done.
• Grease the inside of a large baking dish with the butter. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Now get ready to layer the lasagna!
• Place a layer of the sweet potato ribbons on the bottom. Next add a layer of the sauce (I find a wooden spoon works great for this). Add a layer of the spinach on top of the sauce and then place more sweet potato over the spinach. On top of the second sweet potato layer, I like to go sauce, then meat, then potato. Depending on the depth of your dish and the thickness of your potato ribbons, you may be able to get in another layer or two. Use the spinach/meat/sauce combo as you see fit. Just be sure to top the final layer with sweet potato and then pour the remaining sauce over the top.
• Place the baking dish in a preheated oven and bake for 45 minutes. Then set it aside and allow it to cool for ten to fifteen minutes before serving.

SWEET POTATO LASAGNA

Steps:

• For the tomato sauce: Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the onions and 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring frequently, until softened and translucent, about 10 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 2 minutes. Add the tomatoes and mash into a chunky puree using a potato masher. Bring to a simmer and partially cover the pan with a lid. Cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened, about 30 minutes. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper to taste. Remove from the heat.
• For the lasagna: While the sauce is cooking, drain the water from the spinach, place in a clean kitchen towel and wring well to remove any excess water. Break up the spinach into a large bowl. Set aside 1 cup of the mozzarella, then add the remaining mozzarella to the bowl with the spinach. Add the ricotta, Parmesan, nutmeg, eggs, 2 teaspoons salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and mix with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until well combined.
• Peel the sweet potatoes and trim a small bit from one of the longer ends on each so they will sit flat and not roll. Cut the potatoes lengthwise into 1/4-inch planks.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• To assemble the lasagna: Add about 3/4 cup of sauce to the bottom of a deep 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Place a single layer of sweet potato slices along the bottom. Top with one-quarter of the ricotta and spinach mixture and use an offset spatula or the back of a spoon to spread gently into an even layer. Dollop about 3/4 cup of sauce on top of the ricotta mixture. Top with another layer of sweet potato slices facing the opposite direction from the previous layer. Repeat with ricotta mixture and sauce until you have 4 layers, ending with the remaining sauce.
• Cover the baking dish with foil and bake for 25 minutes. Remove the foil, top with the reserved mozzarella and bake until the lasagna is bubbling, the mozzarella is starting to brown and the sweet potatoes are tender when a paring knife is inserted into the center, an additional 45 to 60 minutes. Let sit for 20 minutes before slicing and serving.

SWEET POTATO LASAGNA

Steps:

• For the marinara: Put the tomatoes, tomato paste, garlic, vinegar and Italian seasoning in a soup pot over medium heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until it begins to bubble. Lower the temperature to a simmer and let simmer for 1 hour. Mix the marinara with an immersion blender until only slightly chunky.
• For the meat filling: Cook the onions and garlic in a large saute pan for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the ground beef and cook until it begins to brown. Add the red wine and let simmer uncovered, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the meat filling to the finished marinara.
• For the cheese filling: Combine the cream cheese, shredded cheese, feta, sour cream, basil, oregano and thyme in a large bowl.
• For the lasagna: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spray a deep 9-by-13-inch pan with nonstick cooking spray. Place one layer of sweet potato slices in the bottom, overlapping the edges just barely. Spread 1 1/2 cups meat marinara over the potatoes, then top with a third of the cream cheese mixture. Repeat the process 2 more times, layering meat marinara, sweet potatoes and cream cheese mixture. Top with the shredded cheese.
• Cover in foil and bake for 55 minutes. Remove the foil, then bake 5 minutes more.