Lasagna Roll Ups
Lasagna Roll-ups taste like a classic lasagna but they are made a little differently. Lasagne is a firm favourite in my house but this version fives a little twist on the traditional family meal.
Why This Recipe Works
- Fun to construct and eat
- You don't have toe make a cheese sauce
- Some bonus veggie!
Ingredients you will need
To make my Lasagna Roll Ups you will need:
MEAT SAUCE
- Onion
- Carrots
- Garlic
- Olive oil
- Minced beef
- Tomato paste
- Diced tomatoes
- Beef stock
- Italian herbs
- Rolled oats
- Salt
- Pepper
LASAGNE ROLL UPS
- Frozen Spinach
- Cottage cheese
- Nutmeg
- salt
- pepper
- Pasta sheets
- Diced tomatoes
- Cheese
Ingredients Notes & Substitutions
MEAT SAUCE
- Carrots: This can be substituted for any grated vegetables, you could try zucchini, mushrooms, pumpkin, butternut squash or peeled and grated aubergine.
- Rolled oats: These are not essential they just make the meat go a little further, for a GF option try quinoa flakes.
LASAGNE ROLL UPS
- Ground beef: This can be substituted for lentil, ground turkey, minced pork, minced chicken or lamb mince.
- Cottage cheese: This can be substituted for ricotta cheese
- Nutmeg: Not essential but is a lovely flavour enhancer for spinach.
- Pasta sheets: I use fresh pasta sheets, if you are using dried sheets you will need to parboil them so they are soft and can be rolled up!
I am an ambassador for Countdown supermarket, they support my blog by providing ingredients for recipe creation and testing. I used lean mince, frozen spinach, canned tomatoes, cottage cheese, herbs and spices and Colby cheese and from their range in this take on traditional lasagne.
Step-by-step instructions
Below are illustrated step-by-step instructions to make my Lasagna Roll Ups recipe, if you prefer just the written instructions then head straight to the printable recipe card below.
MEAT Sauce
Step one: Finely dice your onion, crush the garlic and grate the carrots
Step two: Heat the olive oil in a fry pan on medium heat, add the onion, garlic and carrots, and saute until soft and fragrant.
Step three: Increase the temperature of the pan to high, add the ground beef and fry until browned.
Step four: Reduce the temperature of the pan to medium heat, stir the tomato paste through the browned mince and cook for 1-2 minutes
Step five: Add the Italian herbs, beef stock, rolled oats and first measure of diced tomatoes to the mince, cook for 10 minutes or until the meat sauce has reduced.
Step six: Season the meat sauce with salt and pepper
Step one: Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius (360 F
Step two: While the meat sauce is cooking defrost the frozen spinach
Step three: In a mixing bowl combine the defrosted spinach, cottage cheese nutmeg and salt and pepper.
Step four: Lay out the fresh lasagne sheets, and spread each sheet with a layer of the spinach and cottage cheese mixture, leaving the last quarter of the pasta sheet empty.
Step five: Top the spinach and cottage cheese layer with the meat sauce.
Step six: Roll up the lasagna noodles with the fillings.
Step seven: Pour ¼ of the second measure of the diced tomatoes in the bottom of a baking or casserole dish, Place the lasagne rolls on top, pour over the rest of the second measure of diced tomatoes and top with grated cheese.
Step eight: Bake for 30 minutes in your preheated oven.
Enjoy!
Top Tips
Here is how you can make these lasagna roll ups perfectly every time!
- This recipe is suitable for freezing in an air tight container for up to four months.
FAQs
Of course you can. I find par-boiling the oven ready lasagne sheets for 5 minutes means they are perfect to use for a lasagna roll ups.
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Ingredients
Meat sauce
- 1 onion finely diced
- 2 carrots grated
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- 2 Tablespoon olive oil
- 400 grams minced beef 5 % fat
- 50 grams tomato paste
- 200 grams diced tomatoes I use flavoured diced tomatoes with onion garlic and basil.
- ½ cup beef stock
- 1 Tablespoon Italian herbs
- ½ cup rolled oats
- salt
- pepper
Lasagne roll ups
- 100 grams spinach frozen chopped
- 250 grams cottage cheese
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- salt
- pepper
- Fresh pasta sheets
- 600 grams diced tomatoes
- 1 cup grated cheese
Instructions
Meat sauce
- Finely dice your onion, crush the garlic and grate the carrots
- Heat the olive oil in a fry pan on medium heat, add the onion, garlic and carrots, and saute until soft and fragrant.
- Increase the temperature of the pan to high, add the beef mince and fry until browned.
- Reduce the temperature of the pan to medium heat, stir the tomato paste through the browned mince and cook for 1-2 minutes.
- Add the Italian herbs, beef stock, rolled oats and first measure of diced tomatoes to the mince, cook for 10 minutes or until the meat sauce has reduced.
- Season the meat sauce with salt and pepper
Lasagne roll-ups
- Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius (360 F)
- While the meat sauce is cooking defrost the frozen spinach
- In a mixing bowl combine the defrosted spinach, cottage cheese nutmeg and salt and pepper.
- Lay out the fresh lasagne sheets, and spread each sheet with a layer of the spinach and cottage cheese mixture, leaving the last quarter of the pasta sheet empty.
- Top the spinach and cottage cheese layer with the meat sauce.
- Roll up the pasta sheets with the fillings
- Place in a baking dish, pour over the second measure of diced tomatoes and top with grated cheese.
- Bake for 30 minutes in your preheated oven.
Notes
- This recipe is suitable for freezing in an air tight container for up to four months.
- Carrots: This can be substituted for any grated vegetables, you could try zucchini, mushrooms, pumpkin, butternut squash or peeled and grated aubergine.Â
- Rolled oats: These are not essential they just make the meat go a little further, for a GF option try quinoa flakes.Â
- Ground beef: This can be substituted for lentil, ground turkey, minced pork, minced chicken or lamb mince.Â
- Cottage cheese: This can be substituted for ricotta cheese
- Nutmeg: Not essential but is a lovely flavour enhancer for spinach.Â
- Pasta sheets: I use fresh pasta sheets, if you are using dried sheets you will need to parboil them so they are soft and can be rolled up!
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