Lamb and Peas Lasagna Recipe · i am a food blog (2024)

I have an obsessive personality, I admit. I’ll binge watch TV shows, speed-read dystopian teen novel series and spend hours googling the heck out of things like different dumpling doughs. And although I find these things immensely interesting and immersive, I can kind of understand how itmakes conversation a little hard at times.

Most of my conversations revolve around food. It’s a little boring for Mike, especially when our conversations go a little something like this:

Me: OMG!Molly made a fried steamed bun with bacon and eggs inside! Can you imagine how awesome that would taste?
Mike: Um. no.
Me:She is such a genius!
Mike: Who?
Me: Molly. You know, my name is yeh? Molly.
Mike: Who?
Me:(finally getting that he’s completely uninterested in the awesomeness of bacon and eggsheng jian-baos)Um, anyway, isn’t it crazy about all those fires in San Diego!?

Actually, even though Mike doesn’t know any bloggers out there, he’s pretty awesome when it comes to thinking up recipe ideas. It’s kind of rare, butwhen it does happen things like this lamb and pea lasagna come about! We were just having a good old chat about lasagnain general when he thought of usingground lamb instead of the usual ground beef or pork.

I totally ran with the ground lamb idea and immediately thought peas because I love lamb and peas together. And when I think of peas I think of mint, so that had to make an appearance too. The arugula was added for a bit of bite and the lemon zest brought the freshness. It’s a whole mess of flavours that tasted really, really good together and reminded me of spring. Lasagnacan seem like a bit of work (it is!) but I totally think it’s worth it. I decided to go with no-boil noodles this time around and I was pleasantly surprised. I think i’ll stick with regular boil noodles next time around, but for those times when you’re in a hurry, no-boil is definitely the way to go.

i am cheesy, i am peasy: i am lamb and pea lasagna!

Lamb and Peas LasagnaRecipe
serves 4-6

Lamb Filling

• oil
• 1/2 onion, diced
• 1 stalk of celery, diced
• 1 lb ground lamb
• 1 1/2 cup peas
• 2 teaspoons crushed red pepper
• 1 cup chicken broth
• salt and pepper to taste

Cheese Sauce

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups milk
• 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
• salt and pepper to taste

Lasagna

• 1/4 cup roughly chopped flat leaf parsley
• 1/4 cup roughly chopped fresh mint
• 2 cups baby arugula
• 15 no-bake lasagnanoodles
• zest of 2 lemons
• parmesan, to taste

Preheat your oven to 350°F.

Make your lamb sauce: Add a touch of oil to a large skillet and cook onions and celery over medium high heat until soft and translucent. Add the red pepper and stir. Add the lamb and cook, breaking into pieces and cooking until deeply browned. If there’s an excessive amount of fat rendered out, remove from the pan before adding in the peas and chicken broth. Simmer over low heat until stock is slightly reduced, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste, remove from the heat and set aside.

Make your cheese sauce: Over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the flour and stir constantly over medium heat for about three minutes, until smooth. Pour in half of the milk in a thin stream while whisking. When smooth, add the rest of the milk. Keep on medium heat and stir for about 10 minutes, until the sauce thickens. Stir in the cheeses and season with salt and pepper to taste.

Assemble your lasagna: In an oven-proof casserole dish (I used a 13 x 11 inch), spread out a generous amount of the lamb mixture, top with a layer of no-bake lasagna noodles (break the noodles to fit if needed), then cheese sauce. Sprinkle with flat leaf parsley, mint, arugula and lemon zest. Repeat until you have used up all of the noodles, sauce and cheese, ending with a cheese layer. Sprinkle on a bit of parmesan and bake, covered tightly with tinfoil for 40 minutes, then uncovered at 375°F for 15 minutes. Let stand for 5-10 minutes and enjoy!

Note: You can certainly use regular lasagnanoodles. Make sure to skip out on adding the broth to the lamb filling and bake the lasagna uncovered at 375°F for 30 minutes or until cheese is browned and crispy.