Roasted Vegetable Tortilla Bake

Julie 927's Note:

A layered Mexican lasagna using corn tortillas in place of lasagna noodles. (Hmmmm - does that still make it a lasagna?) Looks intimidating but is very easy and worth the process!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 6

Yield: 1.0 casserole

• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 large zucchini, thinly sliced
• 1 cup frozen corn, thawed
• 1 vidalia onion, thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
• 1 1/2 cups monterey jack cheese, grated
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 -15 ounce chunky salsa, drained
• 1 (7 ounce) jar roasted red peppers, drained & patted dry
• 6 inches corn tortillas
• 3 tablespoons fresh cilantro, shredded

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 500 degrees; and brush 2 shallow baking pans with oil.
2. Arrange zucchini in one layer in one pan, and the onion and corn in the other pan. Sprinkle vegetables with salt & pepper to taste and roast on 2 racks in the oven for 5 minutes.
3. Stir corn and switch positions of pans in oven. Roast vegetables 5 minutes more, or until lightly browned.
4. While vegetables are roasting, stir together ricotta, 1 cup Monterey jack, cumin, salt & pepper.
5. Lightly grease a loaf pan.
6. Trim tortillas into rectangles to fit pan. Cover bottom of loaf pan with 2 tortillas overlapping in the middle.
7. Spread 1/4 cup salsa over tortillas and top with 1/2 cheese mixture, 1/2 zucchini, 1/2 peppers, 1/2 onion corn mixture and 1 tablespoon cilantro.
8. Make another layer of tortillas and vegetables in the same manner.
9. Top with remaining 2 tortillas, salsa, Monterey jack and cilantro.
10. Cover lasagna with oiled foil and bake in middle of oven at 350 degrees for 45 minutes until heated through.
11. Let stand covered 5 minutes before serving. Cut in slices and serve with lime.
12. Easily doubled.

Reviews

[CaliforniaJan]

Really fantastic one dish meal. We had it with a salad and it was completely filling. I made for the "Best of 2010" tag game. I added about a half can of refried black beans to the layering process along with a small can of sliced black olives. Sooo good!

[Jociecee]

Delicious quick recipe that I made for Spring PAC 2010. I added black beans and my kids gobbled it up! I did add a little extra cumin and peppers. Thanks!

[Chef #851004]

Very tasty & easy to make. I roasted my own bell peppers and used black beans.