Ok, so I’ve received quite a few emails asking for this recipe since putting the photo on my flickr account.

I really love this dish, it’s great to take to potlucks or give to your non-raw friends and doesn’t need any expensive kitchen equipment other than a knife, a chopping board and an inexpensive food processor. A mandoline would be an advantage, and is also very cheap in terms of kitchen equipment.

Lasagne

Serves 9 large portions. Can be made in a lasagne dish, or made as individual portions on the plate.

Nut Cheese

2 cups macadamias, soaked 4 hours or more
1 cup pine nuts
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
1 yellow pepper
2 tablespoons fresh parsley
1 tablespoon fresh thyme
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup water as needed

- Process all ingredients together adding as little of the water as possible until a fluffy consistency is achieved.

Walnut Meat Layer

1/2 cup walnuts, soaked 1 hour or more
1 cup sun-dried tomatoes, soaked for 1 hour or more
1 tablespoon dark/brown miso
2 teaspoons dried oregano
2 teaspoons dried sage
1 tablespoon nama shoyu
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon agave nectar

- Grind all ingredients in a food processor, leaving the mixture slightly chunky.

Tomato sauce

1 1/2 cups sun-dried tomatoes, soaked 2 hours or more
2 soft dates
2 cloves garlic
2 cups tomato, seeded and chopped
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1/3 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice

- Process in a food processor until smooth.

Green pesto

2 cups tightly packed basil leaves
3/4 cup pine nuts or walnuts
1/2 cup olive oil
1teaspoon salt
1 clove garlic
1 tablespoon lemon juice

- Process all ingredients, leaving plenty of chunkiness!

Spinach Layer

6 cups torn spinach
5 tablespoons dried oregano
3 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt

- Place all ingredients in a bowl to marinade and wilt for 1 hour or longer, putting the covered bowl in a dehydrator will help this process but it’s not essential.

For the assembly

-5 medium courgettes (zucchini), cut lengthwise and marinated in 1 tablespoon of salt and 3 tablespoons olive oil for 10 minutes.
Pinch black pepper

Assembly method:

- Line the base of your dish with a layer of the courgette strips that slightly overlap.

- On top of this put down a layer of the walnut meat, then the cheese, then tomato sauce and finally the pesto on top.\

- Finish this with another layer of slightly overlapping courgette strips.

- Repeat step 2 but before adding the final layer of courgette, take your wilted spinach and create an additional layer with that.

- Placing the whole dish in the fridge for several hours will firm it all up slightly which will make it easier to cut into portions.

- Garnish individual portions with black pepper and a sprig of basil.

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