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White Spinach Lasagna




Source of Recipe


Rachael Ray






Recipe Introduction


"A good white lasagna is an easy way to feed a crowd a hearty and delicious meal, but we all want a little variety now and again, right? To spruce up your normal lasagna, use your favorite recipe (or my favorite below) but stir 1 cup olive tapenade, 1 cup pesto or 1 cup puréed sun-dried tomatoes into the white sauce and you’ve got yourself a brand new lasagna!"





List of Ingredients



• 4 tablespoons butter
  
• 4 tablespoons flour
  
• 2 cups milk
  
• 2 cups chicken stock
  
• A generous dash fresh nutmeg
  
• Salt and ground black pepper
  
• 1 box oven-ready lasagna noodles
  
• 2 10-ounce boxes frozen chopped spinach, defrosted and squeezed dry
  
• 4 cups shredded Italian four-cheese blend
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 375ºF.
   
   
2. Place a large saucepot over medium heat and melt the butter. Sprinkle the flour over the butter and cook for about 1 minute. Whisk in the milk and chicken stock, and bring the sauce up to a bubble. Add in the nutmeg and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Simmer until the sauce thickens, 3-4 minutes.
   
3. Assemble the lasagna by ladling a small amount (about 1/2 cup, just eyeball it) of the sauce into the bottom of a 13x9" baking dish. Lay three of the lasagna noodles over the sauce and top them with about 1/3 of the spinach. Top with about 1 cup of the sauce and about 1 cup of the shredded cheese (about 2 generous handfuls). Make two more layers of the lasagna by laying down three lasagna noodles, about 1/3 of the spinach, 1 cup of the sauce and about 1 cup shredded cheese for each layer. Top the lasagna off with the last three noodles, the remaining sauce, and the remaining shredded cheese.
   
   
4. Cover the pan with aluminum foil and bake the lasagna for 30 minutes. Remove the foil from the baking dish and bake another 15 minutes until the cheese is melted and the sauce is bubbly.
   
   






Final Comments


Yields: 6-8 servings