Phat Pat Catering: Recipe of the Month! Chicken, Roasted Butternut and Feta Lasagna
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CHICKEN, ROASTED BUTTERNUT AND FETA LASAGNE (serves 6)
Ingredients:
2 cups raw butternut squash, peeled and diced
Olive oil
200g feta cheese
uncooked lasagna sheets
1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
2 chicken breasts
1 bay leaf
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
Salt and pepper to taste
1 garlic clove, crushed
For the tomato sauce:
1 onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
Olive oil
1 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes
1 Tbsp tomato paste
½ cup white wine
For the cheese sauce:
2 Tbsp butter
3 Tbsp flour
340ml milk
¼ tsp nutmeg
1 cup grated mature cheddar
Method:
Spread the butternut cubes evenly in a shallow roasting dish and toss in enough olive oil to coat lightly. Roast in a pre-heated oven at 190C until tender (about 20 minutes).
Slice the chicken breasts into thin strips. Heat a little love oil in a frying pan, add the crushed garlic, the bay leaf and the chicken. Cook until just done and add the cloves, salt and pepper. Remove from the pan, discard the bay leaf. Set chicken aside and keep warm.
In the same pot, add a little more olive oil as well as the onion and garlic. Fry gently until the onions are translucent but not brown. Add the tinned tomatoes, tomato, paste and wine and cook until sauce reduces and thickens slightly. Stir in the cooked chicken, set aside and keep warm.
In a clean pot, melt the butter for the cheese sauce. When melted, add the flour and stir until all the butter has been absorbed. Cook for a minute or 2, then over low heat gradually add the milk, whisking after each addition to make sure there are no lumps. Stir in the nutmeg and grated cheddar and stir until cheddar has melted.
To assemble:
Lightly grease a large square oven-proof dish. Cover the base with lasagna sheets, then top with a layer of the tomato-chicken mix, crumbled feta cheese, roasted butternut cubes and cheese sauce. Repeat these layers, ending with cheese sauce on top. Top with grated mozzarella and bake at 180C until bubbly and golden.
Serve with garlic bread and a mixed salad.
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