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Lasagne can be both vegan and foolproof to prepare! In the recipe that follows, a recipe consistent with the #Veganuary project, the sheets of the delicious pasta are being alternated with a super easy and super yummy pumpkin cream and sauté mushrooms.

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Ingredients

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  • 15 lasagne sheets
For the mushrooms
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  • 500 g mushrooms
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  • ½ onion cut into cubes
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  • 1 clove of garlic
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  • 20 ml olive oil
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  • ½ of a glass wine
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  • ½ of a teaspoon paprika
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  • ½ of a teaspoon thyme (leaves only)
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  • Salt
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  • Pepper
For the pumpkin cream
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  • 700 g peeled pumpkin
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  • ½ onion
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  • 1 leek
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  • 1 clove of garlic
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  • 200 ml vegetable broth
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  • 20 ml olive oil
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  • ½ of teaspoon paprika
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  • Salt
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  • Pepper

Instructions

For the mushrooms
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  • Cut the onion into cubes.
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  • Heat the olive oil inside a large non-stick pan.
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  • Add the onion and the garlic and sauté them.
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  • Cook until the onion has turned translucent.
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  • Cool down using the wine.
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  • Then add the mushrooms and the rest of the ingredients.
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  • Turn the heat down and simmer until the mushrooms have shrunk in size.
For the pumpkin cream
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  • Cut the pumpkin into cubes and boil them or -in case you own a steamer- steam them.
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  • Cut the onion into cubes and thinly slice the leek.
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  • Heat the olive oil in a large, non-stick pan and sauté the onion, the leek and the garlic.
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  • Add the paprika, the salt and the pepper.
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  • Then add the cooked pumpkin and the broth.
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  • Using an immersion blender, blend until smooth.
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  • Simmer until all liquids have evaporated and the cream has the texture of a thick béchamel sauce.
For building up the layers of lasagne
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  • Preheat the oven to 180°C.
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  • Grease a baking dish with olive oil.
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  • Place on its bottom as many lasagne sheets as it gets. Break a lasagne sheet and use it to fill any possible gap.
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  • Spread on top of them half of the pumpkin cream and add a single layer of lasagne sheets.
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  • Continue by adding the mushrooms and one more layer of lasagne sheets.
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  • Finally, spread the rest of the cream.
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  • Cover with aluminium foil and bake for 30 minutes at 180°C.
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  • Then remove the aluminium foil and bake for 10 minutes more.
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