Spinach Feta Passover Lasagna
"The matzah in this recipe cooks up to taste like a real lasagna -- you won't even notice you are eating a pesadic dinner! Fresh dill is delicious, but go ahead and substitute dried if fresh is not available, but cut the amount by 1/2. Clipped from a magazine -- I don't remember which!"
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
8-12
ingredients
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed
- 1⁄3 cup plus 2 tbsp chopped dill, divided
- 1 (16 ounce) container cottage cheese
- 2 cups whole milk
- 3 large eggs
- 1⁄4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
- 6 ounces feta, crumbled (about 1 1/2 cups)
- 6 matzos (about 6 inches square each)
- salt and pepper
directions
- Preheat oven to 400 F with a rack in the middle.
- Cook onion in oil in a large heavy skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until golden, 12-15 minutes.
- Put spinach in a colander and press out as much liquid as possible. Add spinach to onion and cook another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Remove from heat and add 1/3 cup dill, 3/4 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper.
- Puree cottage cheese in a blender with milk, eggs, nutmeg and 1/2 tsp each of salt and pepper until smooth. Reserve 2 cups in a bowl and stir remainder into spinach with 1 cup feta.
- Stack matzah in a deep dish and pour reserved cottage cheese mixture over them. Let stand 15 minutes to soften.
- Arrange 2 soaked matzahs side by side in a generously oiled 13x9 inch dish. Pour in half of spinach filling. Put 2 more matzahs on top, then pour in remaining filling. Cover with remaining 2 matzahs and pour any remaining cottage cheese mixture over them. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup feta.
- Bake, uncovered, until golden and set, 30-35 minutes.
- Cool 10 minutes, then serve sprinkled with remaining 2 tablespoons dill.
- Can be assembled before baking one day ahead and kept chilled, covered.
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