hop-skip the tomato sauce , and make this truly decadent white lasagna instead .

Kelsey Hansen

Layers upon layers of noodles , sauce , and cheese team up to produce the ultimateone - pan comfort food for thought . We ’ve upgrade theclassic lasagna recipewith a creamy white sauce , ricotta cheese , and Italian sausage . The result is a hearty yet creamy dish that ’s loaded with melted high mallow . Our recipe tester loved the compounding of the gooey sauce and flavorful sausage . One annotate , " It ’s messy in a endearing way . "

Cooking sausage and kale in skillet

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What Makes This Million Dollar Lasagna?

Rather than a classical red sauce , we ’re switch in a fat cream sauce . Make homemade white-hot sauce using milk , flour , Allium sativum , and butter . For the most tone , our Test Kitchen likes to apply whole milk here . Next , an entire carton of ricotta is layer with shredded provolone cheese and Italian sausage . A bit of fresh kail supply colour and sapidity to thismillion dollar formula .

How to Prep Fresh Kale

To make quick employment of preparing kale , grab the end of the simoleons stem with one hand . Then , using your other hand , pinch your thumb and index finger on either side of the fore as you strip the leaf from the bottom to the top of the theme . heap the leaves on a cutting gameboard and cut kale into strips , then turn the strips and chop into pieces .

Ingredients

1lb.bulk Italian sausage

1cupchopped onion

3cupschopped fresh stemmed kale

Drain lasagna noodles

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12dried lasagna noodles

3Tbsp.butter

3clovesgarlic , minced

Adding shredded cheese to white sauce

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3Tbsp.all - purpose flour

1/2tsp.salt

1/4tsp.ground opprobrious pepper

Topping assembled lasagna with shredded cheese

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2 1/2cupsmilk

1/2cupgrated Parmesan cheeseflower

1(15 - oz.)containerricotta cheese

Baked lasagna on cooling rack

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3cupsshredded provolone cheese(12 oz . )

Directions

Jake Sternquist

Cook Sausage

Preheat oven to 350 ° F . In a 10 - in frypan cook sausage and Allium cepa over medium - high until meat is browned ; drain off fatty tissue . generate to skillet ; stir in pelf .

Cook Pasta

Meanwhile , cook lasagna noodles accord to software system directions ; drain . Rinse with cold water ; drain and cool slenderly .

Make White Sauce

For sauce , in a medium saucepan melt butter over medium . Add Allium sativum ; cook and stir 1 hour . Stir in flour , salt , and peppercorn . bit by bit add together milk ; cook , excite constantly , until thicken and bubbly . Remove from heat ; call forth in 1/4 cup of the Parmesan .

Assemble

Spread 1/4 cup of the sauce in a 3 - qt . orthogonal baking dishful . Arrange three of the cook attic lengthwise over sauce in dish . broadcast one - third of the ricotta over noodles . Top with one - third of the sausage mixture , one - fourth part of the persist sauce , and one - third of the provolone . reduplicate layers two more time , initiate with noodles and ending with provolone . Top with the remaining three noodles and sauce . Top with the remaining 1/4 cupful Parmesan .

Bake

Bake until bubbly and heated through , 45 arcminute . If you like , sprinkle with additional Parmesan . Let stand 15 minutes .

Nutrition Facts(per serving)

  • The % Daily Value ( DV ) tell you how much a nutrient in a food process contributes to a day-after-day diet . 2,000 nutritionist’s calorie a twenty-four hour period is used for general alimentation advice .