creamy pumpkin lasagna Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 kg (2 lb) orange pumpkin or squash, cleaned and cut into cubes
- 1 large onion sliced
- 1/2 kg (1 lb) fresh pork sausage
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
- 120 gr (4 oz) grated Parmesan
- 250 gr (8 oz) fresh ricotta
- 300 gr (11 oz) young cow’s milk cheese like caciotta or provola, thinly sliced
- 500 gr ( 1 lb) fresh lasagna sheets
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