Mushroom Lasagna
- 3/4 pounds Dried Lasagna Noodles
- 1 dash Salt And Oil, For Your Noodle Water
- 4 cups Whole Milk
- 1 clove Garlic, Minced
- 1- 1/2 stick Unsalted Butter, Divided
- 1/2 cups Flour
- 1 teaspoon Pepper
- 1 teaspoon Nutmeg
- 1- 1/2 pound Cremini Or Portobello Mushrooms
- 1 cup Freshly Grated Parmesan
- Preheat the oven to 375F.
- (I waited to do this until after the noodles were cooked and the bechamel sauce was started).
- Bring a large pot of water to boil, with a dash of salt and oil.
- Add the noodles and cook for 10 minutes.
- Drain and set aside if you feel they are going to stick a lot drizzle a bit more oil on them once drained.
- Make the bechamel/white sauce: Bring milk and garlic to a simmer in a saucepan over medium heat.
- Melt one stick of butter in a large pot (I reused the pot that the noodles cooked in) over medium heat.
- When the foam from the butter has subsided, add the flour and over low heat whisk constantly for about a minute.
- Start adding the hot milk mixture into this mixture a little bit at a time.
- When you add the first bit of milk, the mixture may clump and you will think you have gone wrong.
- You havent.
- Just keep adding the milk and stirring after each addition until the milk is all added and you have a thick white sauce.
- Add pepper and nutmeg, taste and adjust seasonings if needed.
- Take off heat and set aside.
- Prepare mushrooms: Discard the stems of the portobellos and/or trim stems of creminis.
- Slice mushrooms into 1/4 inch thick pieces.
- Heat half of the remaining butter in a frying pan or saucepan, and saute half of the mushrooms with a pinch of salt for about 5 minutes, until they are releasing some liquid.
- Remove those mushrooms into a bowl and repeat process with the remaining butter and remaining mushrooms.
- To assemble: Spread some sauce in the bottom of your baking dish, followed by a layer of noodles.
- Then spread 1/4 of remaining sauce on top of noodles, followed by 1/3 of the mushrooms, and 1/4 cup of Parmesan cheese.
- Repeat this layering sequence twice.
- For the final layer, top the noodles with remaining white sauce and another 1/4-1/3 cup Parmesan cheese.
- Bake for 45 minutes, until top is browned and sauce is bubbling.
- If you can resist digging in right away, let sit at room temperature for 10-15 minutes.
- We did not let it rest and it was still excellent.
noodles, salt, milk, clove garlic, butter, flour, pepper, nutmeg, cremini, freshly grated parmesan
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/mushroom-lasagna/ (may not work)