Recipe

Cheese Lasagna Olive Garden Copycat Recipe

	Redkitchen / All my dishes 7 months, 3 weeks ago If you like cheese lasagna, this is the recipe for you. It is about the closest to the Olive Garden lasagna that I have found. Prep:30m Cook:60m Servings:6	Redkitchen
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Ingredients

Cream sauce:

1/4 cup butter

1/4 cup flour

2 cup milk

Cheese filling:

1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes (oil packed) minced

1 Table. fresh garlic minched

3 1/2 cup ricotta cheese

3 eggs

1 cup grated parmesan cheese

1/2 cup grated romano cheese

1 cup fontina cheese

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. black pepper

Other:

4 cup mozzarella cheese (shredded)

1 cup spinach lasagna noodles (regular is fine also)

Marinara sauce (as desired)

Extra parmesan cheese (freshly grated)

Directions

Melt butter over medium heat.

Add flour and stir until well blended. Cook until frothy.

Add milk, stirring constantly with wire whisk as mixture comes to a simmer. Cook and stir until thickened (3-4 minutes). Chill while mixing other ingredients. Drain and mince tomatoes and garlic. Place other cheese filling ingredients in a mixing bowl with tomatoes and garlic. Add 1 1/2 cups of cooled cream sauce and mix until well blended. Regrigerate, reserving 1/2 cup for later.

cook lasagna noodles accoring to package. Cool under cold water and drain. Place 3 lasagna noodles in a 9X13 lightly oiled baking dish, overlapping slightly. Spread 1 1/2 cup cheese filling over noodles, sprinkle with one cup mozzarela and 1/4 cup fontina cheese. Repeat layers three more times. Top with remaining three lasagna noodles. Spread 1/2 cup of reserved cream sauce over top and cover lightly with foil.

Preheat over to 350* and bake 1 hour. Remove from oven and keep warm at least 30 minutes before serving

Serve topped with hot marinara and parmesan cheese.

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