Lasagna In A Bowl

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 1/2 cups tomato sauce (homemade or in a jar)
• salt
• 3/4 lb spinach leaves, stems removed
• 8 lasagna noodles, half spinach lasagna if available
• 1 1/2 cups part-skim ricotta cheese
• 4 ounces skim mozzarella cheese, shredded
• pepper
• nutmeg
• parmigiano-reggiano cheese

Recipe

• 1 blanch spinach for 1 minute in salted boiling water.
• 2 lift out the spinach leaves and get as much of the moisture out as possible.
• 3 set it in a strainer over a saucepan of hot water to keep warm.
• 4 warm the sauce in a saucepan.
• 5 cook the pasta until al dente and drain.
• 6 while the noodles are cooking, heat the ricotta in a saucepan.
• 7 stir constantly over a low heat until warm.
• 8 don't overheat.
• 9 remove from heat.
• 10 sprinkle generously with pepper and nutmeg.
• 11 line up 4 wide rimmed soup bowls.
• 12 work quickly.
• 13 assemble the lasagna as follows: using half of the sauce, spoon a pool of hot sauce in the bottom of each bowl.
• 14 top with 2 lasagna noodles set side by side.
• 15 arrange a single layer of spinach over the noodles.
• 16 top with cheese, dividing it evenly amon the plates.
• 17 top with a second layer of lasagna noodles.
• 18 top with the remaining sauce, dividing it evenly.
• 19 sprinkle lightly with grated cheese and serve at once.