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     LASAGNE-3 - Classic spinach lasagna
     This recipe was posted to usenet by sridhar@spt.tek.com  who
     got  it  from  Sean Gilley (slg@e.ms.uky.edu).  I modifed it
     slightly to my tastes (naturally).

INGREDIENTS (Serves 6-8)

     1 l       tomato sauce
     500 g     canned tomatoes
     1-2        medium onions
     8         cloves garlic
     250 g     black olives, drained (optional)
     250 g     green olives, drained (optional)
     250 g     mushrooms (optional)
     1         large bunch broccoli (optional)
     400-500 g  mozzarella cheese
     400-500 g  other cheese (cheddar, swiss, jack, etc.)
     500 g     cottage cheese
     25 g      parsley (optional)
     200-300 g  spinach
     3         eggs
     1 kg      lasagna noodles (approximately 2 boxes)
               Italian spices, to taste

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Sauce:  Put tomatoes and tomato sauce in large pot
               over  low  heat.  Press garlic, add.  Chop onions,
               olives, mushrooms, and broccoli, add.  Add  spices
               to  taste.  Simmer covered over low heat until the
               whole tomatoes have merged with the  rest  of  the
               sauce  and you can no longer tell where one begins
               and the other ends.
          (2)  Cheese:  Grate the cheeses  and  mix.   Add  eggs,
               parsley, and spinach, mix well.
          (3)  Building the lasagna:  In a lasagna  pan,  put  in
               just  enough sauce to cover the bottom of the pan.
               Make a layer of noodles.  Using about half of  the
               available  cheese mixture, make a layer of cheese.
               Another layer of noodles.  Cover the noodles  with
               sauce,  the important thing being to make sure all
               noodles have at least some sauce on them.  Another
               layer of noodles.  Use the rest of the cheese mix-
               ture and make a layer of  cheese.   Put  down  the
               last  layer  of  noodles,  then  use the remaining
               amount of sauce, or as much as possible, and cover
               the noodles in sauce.
          (4)  Bake at 190 deg. C for 45 minutes.

NOTES

     The lasagna noodles are uncooked when you build the lasagna.
     Be stingy with the sauce, if you aren't, you'll end up short
     at the end where you need it most.
     If you do things as specified here, you will end up  with  a
     lasagna  layered  as  (s-n-c-n-s-n-c-n-s),  (sauce, noodles,
     cheese, etc.)  but some prefer the heretic's way:  (c-n-s-c-
     n-s-c-n-s)

RATING

     Difficulty: moderate.  Time: 2-3 hours.  Precision: Approxi-
     mate measurement OK.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Original recipe by Sean Gilley, Mathematical Sciences, U of Kentucky
     slg@e.ms.uky.edu
     Posted by S.Sridhar, Tektronix Inc., Portland, Oregon
     sridhar@spt.tek.com
     Submitted by
     Dave Van't Hof, VLSI Cad, MIPS Computer Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif, USA
     vanthof@mips.com