Thursday, August 6, 2009

Caprese Lasagna

Otherwise known as Basil, Tomato and Mozzerella Lasagna! This was taken from Rachel Ray's show as part of her "Meals for a Steal" segment. It feeds 4 and came in for less than $9. I haven't made it yet, but I put it up here because I don't want to forget about it! :)

Check it out here and even watch her do the segment: http://rachelrayshow.com/food/recipes/caprese-lasagna/

Ingredients
2 tablespoons butter
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped or grated
2 tablespoons flour
2 cups milk
A few grates fresh nutmeg
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 box oven-ready lasagna noodles
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
Half a bunch (about 30 leaves) basil, chopped
4 Roma tomatoes, thinly sliced

Preperation

Preheat oven to 375ºF.

Place a large saucepot over medium-heat and melt the butter. Add garlic to pan and cook until aromatic, about 1 minute. Sprinkle the flour over the butter and garlic, and cook for about 1 minute. Whisk the milk into the butter-flour mixture and bring up to a bubble. Add the nutmeg, season with salt and ground black pepper, and simmer until thickened, 3-4 minutes.



Assemble the lasagna by ladling a small amount (about 1/4 cup, just eyeball it) of the sauce into the bottom of a 9x13" baking dish and laying 3 lasagna noodles over the sauce. Top the noodles with a third of the sliced tomatoes, a third of the basil, 1/4 cup of sauce and a third of the shredded cheese. Repeat until all ingredients are used up, topping the lasagna off with a final layer of sauce and shredded cheese.


Cover the pan with aluminum foil and bake the lasagna for 30 minutes. Remove the foil from the baking dish and bake another 15 minutes until the cheese is melted and the sauce is bubbly. When ready to serve, top with remaining chopped basil leaves.

2 comments:

  1. This sounds tasty - I LOVE basil, so this is definitely one I will try. I bought a huge pack of basil awhile ago and froze a bunch of it, so I'm curious to see how it held up in the freezer. I read so many different ways to freeze it...do you have a way that works?

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  2. Hey hun
    it DOES sound really good, huh? I can't wait to try it! And I don't know any good way to freeze basil, so you'll have to let me know how your thawed basil holds up. I normally just buy fresh or I used to have a basil tree. Good luck - let me know how this dish turns out for you.

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