Vegetable Lasagna W/ Fontina Cheese & Creamy Parmesan Sauce
- 4 cups cooked vegetables (choose 2 or whatever combo you like, asparagus and mushroom, zucchini and spinach, broccoli and carr)
- 4 12 tablespoons butter
- 1 medium onions or 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 12 tablespoons salt, plus
- 14 teaspoon salt
- 15 no-boil lasagna noodles
- 2 12 cups milk
- 1 cup canned chicken broth
- 6 garlic cloves, smashed with the side of a knife
- 5 tablespoons flour
- fresh ground pepper, to taste
- 1 14 cups grated parmesan cheese
- 12 lb Fontina cheese, grated (or provolone, 2 1/2 cups)
- Heat 2 Tbs.
- butter over medium-high heat in a large skillet.
- Add onion; cook until soft and golden brown, about 5 minutes.
- Set aside.
- Mix 1 1/2 Tbs.
- salt and 2 quarts very hot tap water in a 13-by-9-inch lasagna pan.
- Add noodles and soak until soft and pliable, 10 minutes.
- Drain and stack loosely.
- (Noodles tend to stick together as they dry, but pull apart easily.
- ).
- Make Creamy Parmesan Sauce: Microwave milk, broth and garlic in a 1 quart microwave-safe container on high power until steaming hot, about 8 minutes.
- (Or slowly heat in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat.)
- Fish out garlic; discard.
- Melt 2 1/2 Tbs.
- butter over medium heat in a large saucepan; when foaming subsides, whisk in flour and continue to cook, whisking constantly, until well blended.
- Pour in milk mixture all at once and whisk vigorously until sauce is smooth and starts to bubble and thicken.
- Stir in 1/2 cup Parmesan, 1/4 teaspoons salt and pepper to taste.
- Remove from heat; place plastic wrap directly on the sauce's surface.
- Adjust rack to upper-middle position and heat oven to 425 degrees.
- Smear 1/4 cup of the sauce over bottom of baking dish.
- Assemble the next 4 layers in the following order: 3 noodles, 2/3 cup sauce, 1/4 of the onions, 1/2 of one of the cooked vegetables (alternating each layer), 1/2 cup fontina and 2 Tbs.
- Parmesan.
- Assemble final layer with remaining noodles, sauce and cheeses.
- Seal with foil and bake until bubbly, about 35 minutes.
- Remove foil, then broil until cheese is spotty brown, 5-7 minutes longer.
- Let stand 10-15 minutes before serving.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/vegetable-lasagna-w-fontina-cheese-creamy-parmesan-sauce-155006 (may not work)