A little intro
Having a low-carb day, or just fancy a change from pasta? Then courgettes to your rescue for you my friend. This fresh, organic Mediterranean style recipe is yummy and healthy. Hurrah.
Step by step
1.
Dollop a few spoonfuls of sauce in the bottom of a lasagne dish. Top with overlapping ribbons of courgette (use your veg peeler).
2.
Sprinkle with salt, pepper, lemon juice and zest. Scatter with grated parmesan and basil and torn mozzarella. Repeat. Repeat again, but skip the courgettes.
3.
Top with pinenuts. Season. Bake in a 180°C/Gas 4 oven until golden, 20-30 mins.
*To make your own sauce: Fry finely diced onion in olive oil till tender. Add two or three chopped garlic cloves. Season. Sizzle for a mo. Add a tin of tomatoes, bubble it for a few mins. Add a glug of balsamic vinegar. Bubble again. Fold in fresh herbs
Saturday 1st January 2011