An unusual combination – but an elegant way to serve a simply cooked dish

Open lasagne of mushrooms & olives recipe

Ingredients

  • 8 sheets fresh lasagne
  • 2 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 200g flat cap mushrooms, thickly sliced
  • 200g mixed wild mushrooms, trimmed
  • 50g freshly grated parmesan

For the dressing

  • 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • 100ml extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 dried red chilli, finely chopped
  • 2 handfuls green olives, stoned and halved
  • 1 handful parsley leaves, roughly chopped
  • 6 sprigs fresh oregano or marjoram, leaves picked and roughly chopped

Method

  • To make the dressing, gently heat the balsamic vinegar, olive oil and chilli together with 1 tbsp of water. Once warm, add the olives and the herbs, remove from the heat and set aside.

  • Bring a large pot of water to the boil, add the lasagne sheets and salt if you wish, then simmer for 3 mins. Meanwhile, heat the sunflower oil in a large frying pan until very hot. Add the flat cap mushrooms and fry for 1 min until they start to colour. Add mixed mushrooms and fry for 2-3 mins more. Season if you want to and set aside.

  • Drain the lasagne sheets and put one on the base of each of four large plates. Scatter the mushroom mixture over and put a second sheet on top. Spoon over the dressing, sprinkle over the parmesan and serve immediately.

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