Pasta, Noodles and Rice Recipes - Pasta Bake with Spinach and Ham Recipe

Ingredients

Serve 4

• 2 tablespoons olive oil

• 1 onion, chopped

• 1 garlic clove, chopped

• 750 g/1 1/2 lb spinach, chopped

• pinch of grated nutmeg

• 8 sheets of lasagne

• 250 g/8 oz ham, chopped into large chunks

• 125 g/4 oz buffalo mozzarella cheese, thinly sliced

• 125 g/4 oz fontina cheese, freshly grated

• salt and pepper

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Method:

1. Heat the olive oil in a saucepan, add the onion and garlic, and sauté for 3 minutes.

2. Add the spinach and mix well, cook for 2 minutes over a moderate heat, so that the spinach just starts to wilt. Add nutmeg, salt and pepper to taste.

3. If using dried lasagne, cook until al dente, drain well and pat dry.

4. Lightly oil a large shallow baking dish, place a layer of lasagne at the bottom, followed by a layer of spinach, then ham and then a layer of mozzarella.

5. Repeat until all the ingredients are used, finishing with lasagne and the fontina cheese.

6. Place the dish at the top of a preheated oven, 200°C (400°F), Gas Mark 6, and bake for 15 minutes until golden brown and bubbling. Serve hot.