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Kale Lasagna Roll-Ups

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I recently enrolled in Culinary School and am eagerly counting down the days until my first day of class. As a an amazing result of this eagerness, my desire to be in the kitchen has multiplied by 30000x. Almost every day since signing my enrollment papers I’ve been inspired to experiment with new ingredients and new techniques. One of these being this beautiful Kale Lasagna Roll-Up you see below:

Lasagna

Ingredients:

Rolls-Ups–

  • 1 Lb uncooked lasagna noodles
  • 32 oz Ricotta Cheese
  • 1/2 C Mozzarella**Reserve additional to sprinkle on top
  • 1/4 C Parmesan**Reserve additional to sprinkle on top
  • 1 C Chopped frozen Kale

Meat Sauce–

  • 1/4 C Olive Oil
  • 1 tbs pepper
  • 1 tbs salt
  • 1 tbs oregano
  • 3 cloves garlic (minced)
  • 1/2 lb ground beef
  • 64 oz Whole Plum tomatoes (canned)

Directions:

Meat Sauce

  1. In a large sauce pan over med high heat: add olive oil, garlic, ground beef, pepper, salt, and oregano. Cook until meat is browned, stirring to ensure meat is browned evenly throughout.
  2. When meat is browned add tomatoes, bring to a boil.
  3. Once boiling, cover and turn to low heat. Allow to simmer for about 20-30 minutes.
  4. (While simmering feel free to start on the roll-ups below)
  5. After 20-30 minutes remove from heat and with a hand processor process the food until it is a “smooth” consistency.

Roll-Ups

  1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil (read instructions on box for instructions specific to your noodles). When at a boil, add noodles  and boil for 8 minutes.
  2. After 8 minutes, strain noodles and rinse with cool water to help bring down the temperature of the noodles.
  3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  4. In a large mixing bowl, add cheeses and Kale and mix thoroughly.
  5. On a large dry service, lay noodles flat ( I did one noodle at a time) and spread cheese mixture evenly across the noodle. (How cheesy you want it is up to you but if you like your noodles cheesy I would increase the ingredients accordingly.)
  6. Roll the noodles slowly and place flat (noodle side down) in a pregreased baking dish.
  7. Once all the noodles are in the baking dish, cover with liberally with meat sauce and place in the oven for 20 minutes.
  8. After 20 minutes, remove dish from oven and sprinkle liberally with reserved mozzarella/parmesan. Place back in the oven for another 10 minutes.
  9. Plate over a bed of warm meat sauce and enjoy!!

I hope you enjoy this delicious recipe, at first glance it may seem like a lot of work but I guarantee it is worth the effort!