Spinach Lasagna

• 1 T salt
• 2 - 10 oz bags spinach, steamed, dried & chopped
• Bechamel:
• 5 T unsalted butter
• 5 lg shallots, minced (about 1 cup)
• 4 garlic cloves, minced (generous tablespoon)
• 1/4 C flour
• 3 1/2 C whole milk
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 1 oz Parmesan, grated (1/2 cup)
• Cheese & Pasta:
• 8 oz whole milk cottage cheese
• 1 lg egg
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 12 no boil lasagna noodles
• 2 T unsalted butter
• 2 oz Parmesan grated (1 cup)
• 8 oz Italian fontina cheese, shredded (2 cups)

1. Soak noodles for this recipe as it does not cook as long as most.
2. For Bechamel:
3. Melt butter in saucepan over med. heat until foamy: add shallots and garlic & cook until translucent. Add flour and cook 1 1/2 min. Gradually whisk in milk and bring to boil over med/high heat. Whisk in bay leaves, nutmeg, salt & pepper: reduce to low and simmer 10 min. stirring occasionally. Whisk in parmesan and remove bay leaves. Transfer to bowl and cover top with plastic wrap.
4. Remaining:
5. Blend cottage cheese, egg and salt in blender about 30 seconds. Set aside. Heat oven to 425. Soak noodles about 5 min. in hot tap water then dry on paper towel. Coat 9 x 13 inch baking dish with butter. Spread 1/2 C bechamel over bottom of baking dish. Place 3 noodles on top of sauce. Stir the spinach into remaining bechamel sauce. Spread 1 cup of spinach mixture over noodles. Sprinkle evenly with Parmesan and top with 3 more noodles. Spread 1 C spinach mixture on top of noodles and sprinkle 1 cup fontina and top with 3 more noodles..
6. Spread 1 C spinach mixture on noodles followed by cottage cheese mixture. Continue layers until all ingredients are used. Lightly spray a sheet of alum. foil with cooking spray and cover lasagna. Bake until bubbly (20 min) then remove foil. Remove lasagna and move oven rack to top and heat lasagna under broiler until cheese is spotty brown.
7. Let cool 10 min. before cutting.
8. Can add prosciutto or mushrooms

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/spinach-lasagna-52672161 (may not work)