Serves: 6 – 8
Lasagna is layers of goodness and can be made with or without pasta, with our without meat and with or without tomato sauce. This one has layers of pasta, sausage and veggies with a white cheese sauce. Absolutely delicious and even better the next day.
Ingredients
1 tbsp olive oil
1 pound sausage meat (hot or mild)
2 tbsp olive oil
1 cup chopped onions
1 cup chopped long or bell peppers
6 cups spinach
½ cup vegetable broth
1 ½ cup ricotta cheese
½ cup butter
¾ cup flour
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup milk
1 tbsp garlic salt or salt and pepper to taste
2 Kraft slices
½ cup grated parmesan cheese
Cooking spray
12 pieces ready to bake lasagna noodles
¾ cup grated parmesan cheese
2 cups mozzarella cheese
½ cup heavy cream
Directions
Preheat oven 375°F
Heat 1 tbsp oil in skillet and brown sausage meat. Once cooked strain in colander and set aside
Add 2 tbsp oil in skillet and sauté onions and peppers for five minutes
Return sausage meat back to skillet and mix well
Stir in spinach and broth and keep stirring until spinach has wilted
Add ricotta and stir until everything is well mixed, take off heat and set aside
In a medium saucepan melt butter and whisk in butter until it is a thick paste
Pour in 1 cup cream, 1 cup milk and garlic salt and stir until paste is incorporated into liquid
Add Kraft slices and stir until melted
Stir in parmesan cheese and stir until well combined and thickened
Spray 9 x 11 inch pay with cooking spray
Pour a thin layer cheese sauce on bottom of tray
Add a layer of lasagna noodles on top of sauce
Spread ½ of sausage mixture on top of noodles
Sprinkle with 1/3 of parmesan cheese
Sprinkle mozzarella to your liking
Spread half of cheese sauce over mozzarella
Add a layer of lasagna noodles on top of sauce
Spread rest of sausage mixture on top of noodles
Sprinkle with 1/3 of parmesan cheese
Sprinkle mozzarella to your liking
Add a layer of lasagna noodles on top of mozzarella
Place cheese sauce back on stove and stir in cream until it heats up. This will thin out the sauce a little. Pour the sauce over lasagna noodles and use a spatula to make sure all noodles are covered
Sprinkle rest of parmesan cheese
Top with as much mozzarella you like
Cover with aluminum foil and bake for an hour
Remove foil and bake until you can fork the pasta and it is cooked
Depending on pasta you buy may take longer or shorter time therefore check every five minutes
Remove from heat and let sit for five minutes before serving. This is such a hearty meal that you won't need anything else as a side dish.
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