Final Cheese Lasagna

We love this cheese lasagna recipe with the proper mix of cheeses that makes anybody weak on the knees. It’s wealthy, creamy, tacky, and scrumptious. You may assemble this lasagna in about 20 minutes. Jump to the Cheese Lasagna Recipe

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When you have seen our recipes for veggie or no-fuss lasagna, you already know our love of lasagna. This time, we’re sharing a cheese model. Yep, no veggies or meat right here. Simply cheese. 5 sorts of cheese, in reality.

The mix creates lasagna that’s completely wealthy, creamy, and scrumptious. Right here’s what we use:

1. Complete milk ricotta cheese
2. Mascarpone cheese
3. Parmesan cheese
4. Mozzarella cheese
5. Fontina cheese

For the Greatest Lasagna, Use Ricotta and Mascarpone Cheese

We name for ricotta cheese in all of our lasagna recipes. Nonetheless, after we made this cheese lasagna with our standard ricotta and parmesan filling (seen on this veggie model), it got here out too grainy.

I can solely assume it’s because there aren’t different substances like greens or floor meat so as to add one other texture. Adam agreed, so for essentially the most scrumptious cheese lasagna, we desire to make use of a mix of ricotta cheese and creamy mascarpone cheese.

With the mixture of ricotta and mascarpone, you obtain essentially the most beautiful wealthy and creamy layer between the noodles and sauce. I really like the combo a lot that I plan on utilizing it at any time when I make different lasagna recipes from the weblog. I’m type of bummed that we hadn’t tried it sooner.

The ricotta filling on this lasagna combines ricotta, mascarpone cheese, parmesan cheese, salt, pepper, and one egg. The egg helps agency up the filling in order that it stays put in its personal layer.

Extra lasagna recipes to have a look at: Sausage and Beef Lasagna, Straightforward Spinach and Mushroom Lasagna, and this White Hen Lasagna.

FAQ: Cheese Substitutes

We understand that asking for 5 sorts of cheese is quite a bit. So, if you happen to can not discover one or discover one too costly, listed here are some suggestions that will help you.

• Ricotta cheese substitute: Attempt cottage cheese.
• Mascarpone cheese substitute: Use 8 ounces of ricotta or make a DIY mascarpone by beating 8 ounces of cream cheese with 1/4 cup heavy cream till easy and creamy.
• Mozzarella cheese substitute: Attempt provolone cheese
• Fontina cheese substitute: Fontina cheese is delicate and melts exceptionally effectively. Substitute it with provolone cheese.
• Parmesan cheese substitute: Attempt Grana Padano or Pecorino Romano cheese.

Vegetarian Adaptation

Aside from parmesan cheese, which is made with animal rennet (an enzyme used to assist the cheese set), the cheeses referred to as for on this cheese lasagna are usually vegetarian.

When purchasing for this recipe, double-check all labels and skip the parmesan. As an alternative, you possibly can combine a couple of tablespoons of dietary yeast into the ricotta and mascarpone combination so as to add a tacky, salty taste like parmesan.

Assembling the Lasagna

When assembling the lasagna, we have now 4 layers of noodles with two sorts of cheese layers. Right here’s how we do it:

Begin with sauce unfold onto the underside of your baking dish. Subsequent, add the primary layer of lasagna noodles (we love no-boil noodles) plus half the ricotta-mascarpone combination and recent basil leaves.

Place the second layer of lasagna noodles plus sauce, mozzarella, and fontina cheese.

Then add the third layer of lasagna noodles plus the remaining ricotta-mascarpone combination and extra recent basil leaves. Lastly, add the fourth layer of lasagna noodles, remaining sauce, mozzarella, and fontina cheese on prime.

Make Forward and Storing Suggestions

Lasagna is the proper make-ahead meal. Right here’s how I do it:

When you make our do-it-yourself pink sauce, it lasts in your fridge for as much as three days and in your freezer for about three months. We advocate utilizing freezer-safe glass containers or double-layer freezer baggage to retailer sauces. To thaw, go away it in a single day within the fridge.

You may refrigerate unbaked lasagna. Cowl and refrigerate the assembled however unbaked lasagna for as much as two days. If you cowl, use parchment paper between the lasagna and aluminum foil. Aluminum foil can react with tomatoes.

Baked lasagna additionally freezes effectively. Let it cool fully on a rack earlier than freezing, after which wrap it effectively with foil (we use two layers). When able to reheat, defrost the frozen lasagna in a single day within the fridge after which bake at 400°F for 40 minutes to 1 hour. (I desire baking and freezing the lasagna as a substitute of freezing raw lasagna.)

Final Cheese Lasagna

Makes 8 servings

Diet Per Serving: Serving Dimension 1/8 of the recipe / Energy 574 / Whole Fats 32.7g / Saturated Fats 18g / Ldl cholesterol 124.7mg / Sodium 1001.6mg / Carbohydrate 43g / Dietary Fiber 5.6g / Whole Sugars 6.3g / Protein 24.7g

Adam and Joanne Gallagher