The Best Lasangna Ever
- Ready In:
- 1hr 24mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Yields:
-
6-8 slices
- Serves:
- 6-8
ingredients
- 2 (9 ounce) boxes no-boil lasagna noodles
- 2 (24 ounce) containers prego spaghetti sauce with meat
- 3 ounces parmesan cheese
- 1 (8 ounce) bag pre-shredded mozzarella cheese
- 2 (8 ounce) bags monterey jack cheese or (8 ounce) bags colby
- 16 ounces small curd cottage cheese
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 3 cups whole milk
- 4 teaspoons dried rosemary
- 3 tablespoons garlic, chopped
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 3 tablespoons oil
- 3 -4 carrots (peeled and grated)
- 10 ounces frozen chopped spinach (thawed and sqeezed dry)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
directions
- lets start with the white sauce because we can put this aside for later, heat 3 cups of milk, 4 teaspoons of crushed rosemary, 3tbsp of chopped garlic in a medium pot to boiling, reduce to low and simmer for another 5 minutes, STRAIN milk mixture (to remove rosemary and garlic) and set aside. In another saucepan melt 3tbsp of butter then blend in 3 tbsp of flour, then slowly pour milk mixture into the butter mixture, bring to a soft boil on med/ med-high until sauce is thick. set aside in a bowl. In a SKILLETT add 3 tbsp of oil on meduim/ med-high add i would say almost all of the spinach and almost all of the carrots UNTIL YOU HAVE AN EVEN AMOUNT OF BOTH carrot and spinach, add 1/2 tea salt to veggies, cook until veggies are soft, then add milk mixture to veggies if sauce is a little thin you can cook until it gets a liitle thicker. place mixture in bowl off to the side. now comes the fun part. preheat oven to 350. get a 13x9 pan and take a bit of nonstick spray to the pan. take the beaten egg and mix it into the container of cottage cheese. open one of the jars of sauce and place i would say maybe a 1/2 cup of prego sauce on bottom of the pan so noodles do not get dry as they bake. (now comes the layering) place 3 or 4 no boil noodles across pan over the prego sauce. then add a few spoonfuls of white sauce, a few spoonfuls of prego sauce again, a few spoonfuls of cottage cheese, a handful of both mozzerella and yellow cheese mix and a sprinkle of parm cheese, now doing the same again repeating the layers again,noodles,white sauce,redsauce,cottage cheese, both shredded cheeses and a sprinkle of parm cheese. you should get about 4 or 5 layers of noodles, of course ending with a nice cheese top and sprinkle with parm cheese.now place tented foil over pan making a tight seal around the edges careful not to touch cheese. place in oven. bake for about 1 hour, the noodles will be done because they are a no-boil. I also like to uncover after 1 hour and bake maybe 5-10 min more to brown the top keep a careful eye not to burn it .if you have any problems lets me know.
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