Fine Cooking Magazine - November/December 2020

Servings:6-8

This classic combination is rich and flavorful, but thanks to thin sheets of homemade pasta, it’s also light and delicate. Good luck eating just one piece.

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For the sauce

2 Tbs. extra-virgin olive oil
4 medium cloves garlic, smashed
2 28-oz. cans whole plum tomatoes, preferably San Marzano
1/4 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes; more as needed
Kosher salt
6 large basil leaves, torn by hand into 1/2-inch pieces

For assembly

2 cups whole-milk ricotta (1 lb.)
2-1/2 cups grated fresh mozzarella (1 lb.)
2 cups grated fontina (8 oz.)
1-3/4 cups finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano (3-1/2 oz.)
1 recipeFresh Pasta for Lasagne

Calories (kcal) : 720
Fat Calories (kcal): 370
Fat (g): 41
Saturated Fat (g): 22
Polyunsaturated Fat (g): 2.5
Monounsaturated Fat (g): 13
Cholesterol (mg): 220
Sodium (mg): 1760
Carbohydrates (g): 46
Fiber (g): 4
Protein (g): 39

Preparation

Make the sauce

Heat the oil and garlic in a 4- to 5-quart pot over medium heat. Cook until the garlic is golden-brown, about 3 minutes. Discard the garlic. Add the tomatoes (careful—they spatter), the crushed red pepper, and 1 Tbs. salt; simmer gently, adjusting the heat as needed, until the tomatoes begin to break down, about 45 minutes. Whisk the tomatoes vigorously to break them up. Stir in the basil and let the sauce cool to room temperature. Season to taste with salt and crushed red pepper.

Assemble the lasagne

Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 350°F.
留出1 1/4杯酱和混合的瑞玛ining sauce with the ricotta in a medium bowl. Mix the mozzarella, fontina, and 1 cup of the Parmigiano in another medium bowl.
Spread 1/2 cup of the reserved tomato sauce on the bottom of a 9x13x3-inch baking dish. Cover the sauce with a slightly overlapping layer of cooked noodles, cutting them as needed to fill any gaps. Evenly spread 1-1/2 cups of the ricotta mixture over the noodles. Sprinkle 1 rounded cup of the grated cheese evenly over the ricotta. Add another layer of noodles, and repeat the layers as instructed above, to make a total of 4 ricotta-and-cheese layers and 5 pasta layers. Spread the remaining 3/4 cup plain sauce evenly over the top noodle layer. Sprinkle with the remaining 3/4 cup of Parmigiano-Reggiano.
Cover the baking dish with foil and bake for 40 minutes. Remove the foil and bake until the top is browned and bubbly, 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool for at least 10 minutes before serving.

Make Ahead Tips

You can assemble the lasagne up to 2 days ahead of baking it. Tightly wrap the baking dish in plastic and refrigerate it. Let the lasagne come to room temperature before baking it.

Sprinkle 1/4 cup crumbled cooked Italian sausage or browned ground beef and chopped onions over each layer of the ricotta mixture.

或scatter 1/2 cup squeezed-dry, thawed frozen chopped spinach over each layer of the ricotta mixture.

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Darby15| 07/02/2019

As usual, Fine Cooking delivered another excellent recipe! It was easy to pull together. Like another reviewer, I used fresh noodles from the market, which did not have to be precooked. The other shortcut I took was to use already crushed tomato sauce, which did not need to cook as long. This also meant the sauce was not reduced very much thereby resulting in a more saucy outcome. With these two shortcuts, it took two hours to get it on the table. Hands on was around 20 minutes. This makes it more manageable during the week. My where’s-the-meat husband was satisfied on a meatless Monday. Thank you, Fine Cooking!
Krispie| 04/06/2018

This was delicious and fairly easy for lasagna. I would slightly reduce the amount of cheese and half again the amount of sauce the next time I make this. It was delicious as written but I think I might like it better a little saucier. The whole family loved this. I’ll be making it again soon.