Three Cheese Bechamel Lasagna - 2 hours

Three Cheese Bechamel Lasagna

Who doesn't like a good lasagna? This one is called a Bechamel Lasagna because of the sauce used in it - Bechamel or white sauce. You can add many veggies to your lasagna but here I am putting it up with just parsley and spinach.




Where I learnt it from: From the internet
Recipe requested by : My friend, Sandeep

Approx prep time: 20 min
Approx cook time: 1.5 hours
Serves: 6 people

Cuisine: Italian
Part of menu: Main Course
Hot/Cold: Hot

Ingredients:

• 6 sheets of lasagna (defrosted). Alternatively you could use home-made pasta dough
• 1.5 cups shredded Mozzarella cheese
• 0.5 cups grated Parmesan Cheese
• 1 cup skim Ricotta Cheese
• 2.5 cups Bechamel sauce
• 100g baby spinach 
• Butter

Major Equipment: 

• Oven

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F or 180 C
2. Spread flour over your work area to prevent dough from sticking
3. Make the dough into 6 equal sized ping-pong balls
4. Roll them into flat thin sheets. 
5. Use a knife to cut them into equal square shaped sheets
6. <--Start here if you are using store bought lasagna--> 
7. In a bowl, mix the three cheeses, using butter to bind them
8. Add Parsley and spinach in bowl

Cooking: 

1. Grease baking g bowl
2. Add a little of the sauce at the bottom of the tray.
3. Put a sheet of Lasagna and top with sauce and the filling 
4. Keep adding layers of lasagna and filling until 6 sheets of lasagna is used and filling is over.
5. Drizzle remaining sauce over the last sheet, covering it 
6. Bake for approximately 1 hour
7. Remove from oven and serve
8. Garnish with little grated Parmesan

Plating Suggestion: Serve in the baking tray. Let it rest for about 15 minutes after baking. Serve warm

If you have and questions or suggestions (or want me to put up the recipe of something) Please feel free to comment. Thanks and Happy Cooking.