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Tofu Heaven

An easy and delicious variation on an old favourite.  If you are really stuck for time, use ready-made pasta sauce such as Meridian.  Although this might seem to take a long time to cook, remember that you can be doing other things while it’s baking – just use the oven timer or any bleepy clock!

Tofu Lasagne
Serves 8

50-80 minutes, depending on whether you use sauce from a jar or make your own: 10 minutes preparation, 20-30 minutes to cook fresh sauce/1 minute to open jars…, 30-40 minutes to bake.

Sauce
1 tbsp olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped quite small
1 tsp minced garlic
4 cups passata (sieved tomatoes – usually sold in cartons or glass bottles and found in supermarkets and other food outlets)
1 tbsp dried basil
1 tsp dried oregano
1 bay leaf
1½ tsp salt
½ tsp freshly ground black pepper

Or
4 cups (approximately 2 large jars) of herby tomato sauce in a jar, such as Meridian, Dolmio, Ragu or Loyd Grossman

Filling
3 cups firm tofu (such as Cauldron), drained and crumbled
¼ cup finely chopped fresh parsley or 1 tbsp dried
8oz lasagne no-cook sheets
1 cup grated dairy–free cheese – use Redwood’s Cheezly Melting Mozzarella or Melting Cheddar style if possible

1. If using ready–made sauce, ignore steps 5-6 & 9!
2. Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.
3. Add onion, cover and cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. Add garlic and cook for a few minutes.
5. Remove lid, add garlic, passata, basil, oregano, bay leaf, ½ tsp of salt and ¼ tsp of pepper.
6. Simmer 20-30 minutes to allow flavours to blend.
7. 5-10 minutes before end of sauce cooking time, preheat oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas Mark 5.
8. In a large bowl, combine crumbled tofu with parsley, remaining 1 tsp salt, remaining ¼ tsp pepper, mixing until well-combined.
9. When sauce has cooked, discard bay leaf.
10. If using ready made sauce, add this to the cooked onions.
11. Spread a thin layer of tomato sauce in bottom of a shallow rectangular baking dish.
12. Arrange a layer of lasagne sheets on top.
13. Spread layer of tofu mixture.
14. Repeat with alternating layers, ending with tomato sauce.
15. Top with ‘cheese’ and bake for 30-40 minutes, or until heated through.
16. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.

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