I've always made a cheese sauce when making lasagne but wanted to make it healthier so saw that you can use cottage cheese.My question is: can you use lite cottage cheese by itself or do you have to blend it with eggs or cream cheese!Thanks
jimmy2102,
May 10, 9:08pm
Ive used it by itself. But do put a cheese sauce on the top
texastwo,
May 10, 9:16pm
Its just not the same without a cheese sauce on the top. Live a little!
spot20,
May 10, 9:17pm
Any cottage cheese will do but we prefer traditional, just make sure you use plenty.its delicious!
olwen,
May 10, 9:41pm
I would add an egg.It helps to hold the lasagne together.
alig65,
May 10, 9:50pm
Cannot beat 'Alison Holst's Lazy Lasagne"!
winnie231,
May 10, 9:56pm
Blend the cottage cheese with an egg until smooth & season well (s&p, garlic, herbs .). You can add some tasty or parmesan cheese for extra flavour if you want or simply grate some on top of the finished dish. As olwen said above - the egg helps create a thick sauce which holds together.
retired,
May 10, 11:00pm
alig65 I agree with you, turns our fine every time even when I play around with the ingredients.
I've used both cottage cheese by itself and mixed with egg and actually prefer it by itself but you should definitely give it a try both ways to see what you prefer- I use as a layer in the middle so I go noodles (with a little juice from the meat sauce in the bottom of the dish first ) then half the meat sauce then noodles then cottage cheese and quite often another cheese like some grated parmesan or cheddar and I have also used crumbled feta, then more noodles, the other half of the meat sauce, any remaining noodles and sprinkle grated cheese over the top. I also sometimes use spinach or silverbeet between one or 2 of the layers, I dont bother to cook these first just layer the leaves in raw they cook through as the lasagne heats in oven.
norse_westie,
May 12, 3:40am
My exMIL is Italian and taught me absolute from scratch pure Italian Lasagna. It does not have cheese sauce, not even cottage or ricotta cheese.In fact its a rich béchamel sauce only, with a heavy layer of grated fresh Romano cheese on the top.
I was happy recently to be invited to dinner by a good friend whose hubby owns a lovely Italian restaurant (and cooks for it) and was assured that cheese sauce is sacrilege in true lasagna. ;)
perle,
May 12, 10:08am
I do half cottage cheese, half sour cream, an egg, salt n pepper, parmesan. Blend all together and pour on top. Nice made with the italian herb flavor cottage cheese
lindylambchops1,
May 13, 5:03am
I want to make this one this week.can't wait to try it!
Thanks everyone, ended up mixing lite cottage cheese with chives and garlic with lite sour cream, an egg and salt and pepper.Went down a treat, think I might make it for a pot luck dinner I have this Friday.
sunny119,
May 13, 10:26pm
I use light cottage cheese in between each layer, its a household fave and alot quicker than fluffing with cheese sauce. Thumbs up here!
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