Golden Gruyere, Spinach And Mushroom Lasagna
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil or 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 3/4 lb white mushrooms or 3/4 lb button mushroom, sliced
- 1/2 onion, finely diced
- 1 (10 ounce) package cut-leaf frozen spinach
- 3 cups 2% low-fat milk, plus more as needed
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup flour, plus
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- fresh ground pepper, freshly ground nutmeg
- 4 ounces ham, cut into roughly 1/4-inch dice
- 1/2 lb gruyere cheese (or a combination of the two) or 1/2 lb emmenthaler cheese, grated (or a combination of the two)
- 3/4 lb fresh no-boil lasagna sheets or 3/4 lb cooked lasagna sheet, prepared according to package directions
- Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms; cook, stirring, until they begin to brown and any moisture has evaporated. Transfer to a large plate to cool.
- Heat the remaining tablespoon of the oil in the same pan over medium-high heat. Add the onion; cook until soft, 3-4 minutes. Add the frozen spinach; cover. Cook 2 minutes; remove the lid. Stir the spinach. Cover; repeat until the spinach is thawed. Remove cover; cook until the moisture from the spinach has evaporated. Transfer the spinach-onion mixture to a large plate to cool.
- Heat milk; set aside. Melt butter in a large heavy saucepan over medium heat; stir in flour. Cook, stirring, until mixture starts to thin, 1-2 minutes. Add warm milk in a steady stream while whisking mixture. Add salt, pepper and nutmeg to taste. Heat to a boil; reduce heat to low. Simmer sauce, stirring often until sauce coats the back of a spoon, 10 minutes. Stir in ham; remove from heat. Add three-fourths of the cheese; stir until it melts. Set aside.
- Spoon a few tablespoons of the bechamel-cheese sauce in a 13-by-9-inch pan. Cover the sauce with a layer of lasagna sheets. Spread the spinach-onion mixture over the first layer; cover with one-third of the sauce. Add another layer of lasagna sheets; spread the mushrooms over this layer. Cover with one-third of the sauce. Add the last layer of lasagna sheets; spread the remaining sauce over. Top with the remaining grated cheese. Cover; refrigerate until baking time, up to 12 hours. Or wrap well and freeze.
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Bake lasagna, uncovered, until heated through and the cheese is golden brown, 35-45 minutes. (If frozen, the lasagna should be baked, covered with foil, 45 minutes, then uncovered and baked until heated through, 30-40 minutes.).
vegetable oil, white mushrooms, onion, frozen spinach, milk, butter, flour, flour, salt, fresh ground pepper, ham, gruyere cheese, fresh noboil
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/golden-gruyere-spinach-and-mushroom-lasagna-151224 (may not work)