Spinach and Basil Pesto White Lasagna
This Spinach and Basil Pesto White Lasagna is flavor-filled lasagna with fresh pesto and layers of sausage and creamy spinach béchamel sauce.
Equipment
- 1 12in by 12in baking dish can use a 9in x 13in
- non-stick cooking spray
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground hot Italian sausage
- 1/2 lb no boil lasagna egg noodles
- 8 oz ricotta
- 9 oz fontina grated, can sub mozzarella
- 8 oz basil pesto
Béchamel Sauce
- 2 cups whole milk
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- 2 tbsp All Purpose Flour
- 2 cloves garlic minced or pressed
- 1 tsp dried parsley
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt reduce by half if using table salt
- 1/8 tsp black pepper
- 3 cups baby spinach finely chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and spray a 12in by 12in baking dish with non-stick spray. Then brown sausage. Remove sausage from pan, leaving bits. In a separate bowl, mix browned sausage with ricotta and set aside.
- Make the Béchamel Sauce by melting butter over medium heat in same pan that sausage was browned in. Add garlic and stir until fragrant, about 30-60 seconds. Then add flour, parsley, oregano, red pepper, black pepper and salt and stir until paste forms. Then add milk, 1/4 of a cup at time, whisking and incorporating so there are no lumps. Then stir in chopped spinach until just wilted, 1 minute more. Remove from heat.
- Make the lasagna by smearing a small amount of béchamel sauce on the bottom of the baking dish, then layer noodles, ricotta and sausage mixture, basil pesto, béchamel sauce and dividing half the grated fontina into the layer. Save the other half for top. Repeat until finished, pouring any additional béchamel sauce over top layer. Then top with remaining grated fontina. Cover (spray under side of cover with non-stick spray) and bake for 30 minutes. Remove cover and bake for an additional 3-5 minutes until top is slightly brown and bubbling.
Notes
Nutritional values are only an estimate and may vary.
Nutrition
Calories: 596kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 27gFat: 41gSaturated Fat: 17gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 106mgSodium: 1042mgPotassium: 474mgFiber: 2gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 2457IUVitamin C: 14mgCalcium: 364mgIron: 2mg
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