Springtime Lasagna Rollups
 
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 recipe of Italian Chicken Sausage (below)
  • 3 Tbsps. olive oil, divided 1 Tbsp and 2 Tbsps.
  • 8 oz. fresh asparagus, ends trimmed, cut in 1 inch pieces
  • 8 oz. mushroom, chopped
  • ½ cup red onion, minced
  • ¼ cup sun dried tomato, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 8-12 lasagna noodles
  • 1 (15 oz.) container ricotta cheese
  • 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
  • 1 egg
  • 2 Tbsps. basil chopped
  • 1 recipe Havarti cheese sauce (below)
Italian Chicken Sausage
  • 1 lb. lean ground chicken
  • 2 Tbsps. red wine
  • 1 tsp. each salt, sugar
  • ½ tsp. fennel seed
  • ¼ tsp. each black pepper, crushed red pepper
Havarti Cheese Sauce
  • 3 Tbsps. flour
  • 3 Tbsps. butter
  • 2 cups milk
  • 7 oz. Havarti cheese, shredded or chopped
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • ⅛ tsp each black pepper, nutmeg
Instructions
  1. Mix sausage ingredients together in medium size bowl. Heat 1 Tbsp. olive oil in a large skillet on medium heat and cook sausage. Use a potato masher to crumble it. Transfer sausage to a plate and drain any liquid.
  2. In the same skillet, heat remaining 2 Tbps. olive oil on medium heat. Add asparagus and saute about 3 minutes. Add remaining ingredients and saute about 7 minutes more. Remove from heat.
  3. While the vegetables are sauteing, bring a pot of water to a boil with a little oil. Cook lasagna noodles for 3 minutes. Drain in a colander and rinse with cold water. Rinse the pot with cold water, add some oil. Return the noodles to the pot and dd a little more oil and mix around. Set aside.
  4. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  5. To make the cheese sauce, heat butter over medium heat in large saucepan. Add flour and mix together to make a blond roux, cooking about a minute. Pour in milk and bring to a gentle boil, stirring occasionally. Turn off heat and stir in cheese, salt, and spices. Turn heat to low and stir.
  6. In a large bowl, mix together the sausage, vegetables, ricotta cheese, egg, ½ cup of mozzarella cheese, and basil.
  7. Coat a baking pan with the cheese sauce and set aside.
  8. On a clean surface, take 2 lasagna noodles and overlap the 2 ends. Spread ¼ of the mixture from one end to about an inch on the other end. Roll up and place in the pan. Repeat until the other 3 rollups are made.
  9. Top with cheese sauce (I did not use all of it) and sprinkle remaining ½ cup of mozzarella.
  10. Bake 20 minutes.
Recipe by The Spice Kit Recipes at https://www.thespicekitrecipes.com/springtime-lasagna-rollups/