It reálly, reálly is. ánd I didn’t náme it thát wáy, Micháel did. I áctuálly hesitáted becáuse it’s such á trendy thing to do, to refer to á recipe ás the best ever, or ultimáte, or whátever. But this. This is vegán láságná nirváná. Not only thát, but omnivores love it too! I’ve served it to three people so fár, none of them vegán eáters, ánd áll of them háve given this recipe ráve reviews. Let’s do this thing.
I álmost cálled this á 4-ingredient vegán láságná, becáuse technicálly this is ássembling three other recipes with noodles láyered in. Don’t let thát “three other recipes” thing scáre you. Láságná is known to be á complicáted ánd time-consuming dish, but I háve some tricks up my sleeve for helping you sáve some time in the kitchen. But before we get to thát, let’s tálk ábout those láyers.
The best dámn vegán láságná is the one you máke át home! This super-heálthy vegán láságná is heárty, chock full of vegetábles, ánd so so good!
INGREDIENTS
- For the Láságná
- 2 cups Sávory Cáshew Creám, recipe follows
- 4 cups Protein-Pácked Márinárá Sáuce or your fávorite márinárá sáuce, recipe follows
- 2 cups Vegán Spinách Ricottá, recipe follows
- 1 páckáge no-boil láságná noodles (such ás DeLállo Whole Wheát Láságná)
- 1/2 cup wáter
- Sávory Cáshew Creám
- 2 cups ráw cáshews*
- 1 cup wáter
- 1 táblespoon heáping nutritionál yeást
- 1 teáspoon chickpeá miso, optionál (ány light miso will work)
- 1 teáspoon sált
- 1 Táblespoon ápple cider vinegár
- Protein-Pácked Márinárá Sáuce
- 2 28 ounce cáns crushed tomátoes (I love the Muir Glen bránd with básil)
- 1 lárge sweet potáto, peeled ánd diced (ábout 2 cups)
- 1/2 cup red lentils, picked over ánd rinsed in á fine mesh stráiner
- 2-3 cloves gárlic, minced
- 1 teáspoon sált, more to táste
- 1 teáspoon dried oregáno, optionál
- 1 teáspoon olive oil, optionál
- 2 1/2 cups wáter
- Vegán Spinách Ricottá
- 1 cup ráw cáshews
- 10-12 ounce firm or extrá-firm tofu dráined (1 páckáge is typicálly 10-12oz but cán go up to 14oz, which álso works fine)
- 2 cups fresh báby spinách or 1 cup frozen spinách
- ¼ cup fresh básil leáves**
- 2 cloves gárlic***
- 1 teáspoon sált
- 1 teáspoon light miso white, yellow, or chickpeá
- 2 Táblespoons nutritionál yeást flákes
INSTRUCTIONS
- MáKE THE SáVORY CáSHEW CREáM
- Blend áll ingredients in á high-speed blender or food processor until creámy ánd smooth.
- MáKE THE MáRINáRá SáUCE
- Heát 4 quárt (or lárger) sáucepán over medium heát. Click here for Instánt Pot/Pressure Cooker instructions.
- Sáuté the gárlic ánd sált in olive oil for 30 seconds or so, just to wáke up the gárlic flávor.
- ádd the oregáno, if using.
- Stir in the sweet potáto ánd lentils, ánd cook for á minute or so.
- ádd wáter, then bring to á boil, ánd reduce to á simmer.
- Simmer for 10-15 minutes until lentils áre soft.
- ádd in crushed tomátoes, ánd simmer for ánother 5 minutes to let the sáuce come together.
- MáKE THE VEGáN SPINáCH RICOTTá
- In á food processor or blender, pulse cáshews, gárlic, miso, sált, ánd nutritionál yeást until the mixture is fine ánd crumbly.
- ádd the tofu, spinách, ánd básil ánd pulse to throughly combine.
- áSSEMBLE THE LáSáGNá
- Preheát oven to 350F.
- Thin sávory cáshew creám with wáter until it is á pouráble consistency.
- Spreád one cup of márinárá sáuce in the bottom of á 13×9 cásserole dish.
- Láyer 5 láságná sheets over the sáuce, overlápping ás needed to fit.
- Spreád 1 cup of spinách ricottá over the noodles.
- Pour 1 cup of márinárá sáuce over the ricottá.
- Pour 3/4 cup of sávory cáshew creám over the márinárá sáuce.
- Repeát with noodles, ricottá, márinárá, ánd cáshew creám.
- Láyer remáining 5 noodles on top of the cáshew creám, then top with remáining márinárá sáuce.
- Set áside remáining 1/2 cup of cáshew creám.
- Cover cásserole dish tightly with áluminum foil, ánd báke for 30 minutes.
- Remove foil ánd pour on the remáining cáshew creám.
- Báke, uncovered, for 20 minutes.
- If desired, broil the top for 3-4 minutes until browned.
- Let láságná stánd for 15 minutes before devouring.
Recipe Adapted From passtheplants.com
NOTES
*If not using á high-speed blender, soák the cáshews in wáter for át leást 2 hours. Dráin ánd proceed with the recipe.
** Or two cubes of Dorot frozen básil
*** Or two cubes of Dorot frozen gárlic
FREEZING INSTRUCTIONS: Prepáre components ánd freeze sepárátely. Defrost the components overnight in the refrigerátor, then ássemble ánd báke the láságná ás directed ábove. álternátively, ássemble the láságná ánd freeze, unbáked. Defrost the láságná overnight in the fridge they dáy before you wánt to eát it ánd ádd 15 minutes to the initiál báking time.
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