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Modern Mayan lasagna with grilled tomato-habanero sauce and cilantro-garlic grilled salmon

Rick Bayless · ♥ 256 likes · 5.6K views · 24 min video

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  • 1 bunch cilantro
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • olive oil
  • salt
Roughly cut a bunch of cilantro, stems and all, into the blender with two peeled garlic cloves, olive oil and a fair amount of salt; puree into a marinade and pour it over the salmon fillets.
  • wild-caught salmon filets
  • tomatoes
  • garlic
Grill the salmon, and grill tomatoes, habaneros and garlic until soft and blackened; peel off the skins once cool.
  • 2 whole habanero
  • water
Blend the tomatoes, all the garlic and two roasted habaneros until smooth; add water and salt to reach about six cups of finished sauce.
Pour about a cup of the sauce into a skillet and reserve for garnish.
  • ricotta cheese
  • ½ cup Mexican crema
  • cilantro
  • 3 whole eggs
Stir ricotta with about half a cup of Mexican crema, a handful of finely chopped cilantro and three eggs.
Ricotta-crema filling and layering
  • no-boil lasagna
Spread about a quarter of the sauce in the dish, stagger four no-boil lasagna sheets into it, add more sauce and half the ricotta mixture; keep layering pasta, sauce and ricotta to the top and sprinkle with chihuahua cheese.
  • Mexican chihuahua cheese
Cover with foil and bake at 375 for about 45 minutes, uncovering for the last 15 minutes to brown.
  • broth
Cook the reserved sauce down until very thick, then thin with a little broth for the garnish sauce.
Cool the lasagna completely, cut into squares and then triangles; reheat in a hot oven with the grilled salmon.
  • Mexican crema
Plate a lasagna triangle topped with salmon, drizzle the sauce around, and finish with a spoonful of crema and a shower of cilantro.