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Asparagus Lasagna Recipe

	Cookcooks / All my dishes 1 month, 1 week ago We wait for asparagus to go on sale every year so we can make this wonderful dish. You don't "need" to serve anything with this except perhaps wine. It is an elegant dish to serve if you are having vegetarians over for dinner, but don't wait for them... More Prep:20m Cook:45m Servings:8	Cookcooks
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Ingredients

4 pounds medium asparagus, trimmed

3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

Salt

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1 1/2 cups chicken broth, heated

1/2 cup water, heated

7 ounces mild goat cheese, such as Montrachet

1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest, or to taste

6 (7 by 6 1/4-inch) sheets instant (no-boil) lasagna

1 2/3 cups freshly grated Parmesan

1 cup heavy cream

Directions

Cut the tips off each asparagus spear and reserve them. Cut the stalks of asparagus into 1/2-inch lengths.

In each of 2 large shallow baking pans toss half the asparagus stalks with half the oil, and salt to taste coating them well, and roast them, shaking the pans every few minutes, until they are crisp-tender, about 5 to 10 minutes. Set them aside. Lower oven temperature to 400 degrees F.

In a saucepan melt the butter, add the flour, and cook the roux over moderately low heat, stirring, for 3 minutes. Add the broth and the water in a stream, whisking, simmer the mixture for 5 minutes, and whisk in the goat cheese, zest, and salt, to taste, whisking until the sauce is smooth.

Arrange 1 sheet of pasta in each of buttered 9 by 13-inch baking dishes, and spread each sheet with 1/4 of the sauce. Top the sauce in each dish with 1/4 of the reserved roasted asparagus, and sprinkle the asparagus with 1/3 cup of the Parmesan. Continue to layer the pasta, sauce, asparagus, and Parmesan in the same manner, ending with a sheet of pasta.

In a bowl beat the cream with a pinch of salt until it holds soft peaks. Arrange the reserved asparagus tips on the pasta, spoon the cream over the pasta and the asparagus tips, spreading it with the back of a spoon, and sprinkle the remaining 1/3 cup Parmesan on top.

Bake the lasagna in the middle of the oven for 30 minutes, or until it is golden and bubbling, and let it stand for 10 minutes before serving.

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Comments

sosousme 3 weeks, 5 days ago said:
How interesting. I will have to try this. With all the different flavors, pairing with a wine seems challenging, perhaps a fruity chardonnay? What do you generally serve?

cookcooks 3 weeks, 5 days ago said:
We are not real picky about wine because we make our own out of different kinds of fruit. The last time I made this we had a medium dry peach wine.

It is a wonderful dish and I sincerely hope you will try it!

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