Recipe: Matza Lasagna

Times:
Assembling – 10-15 minutes
Cook – 1 hour
Total time 1 hour 10 minutes
It may seem like a long time, but the oven is doing most of the work!

Ingredients:
4-5 pieces of matza
3 cups of tomato sauce
3 cups of ricotta cheese
3 cups mozzarella cheese
3-6 tablespoons of basil (or whichever Italian seasoning you want)

Equipment:
Pan (any size is fine, you may just adjust ingredient quantities); Spatula; Measuring cups; Tinfoil or pan cover
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit

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Assembling:
This is very similar to a traditional lasagna, just the noodles are replaced with matza.
1. Put 1 cup of tomato sauce on the bottom of the pan and spread with your spatula to coat evenly.
2. Place about 2 sheets of matza on top of the tomato sauce. Feel free to break up the pieces of matza to fit and cover the bottom of the pan.
3. Spread 1 cup of ricotta on top evenly with your spatula. Add about 1-2 tablespoons of basil (or whichever Italian seasoning you choose), evenly over the ricotta.
4. Sprinkle 1 cup of mozzarella cheese on top.
5. Next, spread 1 cup of tomato sauce over the cheese, repeating the process 2-3 more times, ending with the cheese on top.
6. The order should be: sauce, matza, ricotta cheese, herbs, mozzarella cheese, repeat
7. Make sure the pieces of matza are touching the sauce! This is what cooks the matza. Otherwise, your lasagna will be dry.
8. Once done, put a cover or tinfoil tightly over your pan and bake in the preheated oven for about 1 hour.

Pro tips:
1. You may need to adjust the amount of ingredients used based on the size of your pan. Just be generous!
2. You can add vegetables like zucchini or eggplant in your layers if you would like, just make sure to cook them beforehand. I would add them after the mozzarella cheese.Then put the sauce over the veggies. Just don’t put the veggies in the bottom of the pan.
3. Experiment with different cheeses, which will switch up the flavor.
4. You can assemble the lasagna a few hours or even a day or two before you want to cook it. This allows the flavors to saturate together and will make it taste even better!
5. About 3-5 minutes at the end of the bake time, you can set your oven to broil to get the top to be a little extra cooked and crispy.