Alfredo Lasagna

This will be a work in progress.

I saw a recipe posted on Facebook for some Alfredo lasagna roll-ups. I am not interested in that much work, but I thought the idea sounded lovely. I searched for an existing recipe and didn't like anything I saw. So I decided to make my own, based on my regular lasagna.

Here is what I made.

ALFREDO LASAGNA

1 box lasagna noodles, uncooked

Sauce:

2 pounds ground or chopped meat (chicken, turkey, or pork)
1/2 large onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, chopped

Cook and drain. Add:

2 quarts of alfredo sauce
1 T Italian seasoning
1 t salt
1 t garlic salt

Mix well and simmer for about 15 min.

Cheese mixture: 

16 oz of small curd cottage cheese (24 oz each)
2 eggs, beaten
1 T pesto sauce
1/4 parmesan cheese
1/4 cup grated mozzarella cheese

Mix well.

In a large lasagna pan (not sure the measurements. It's larger than a 9x13), layer as follows:

Thin layer of sauce
Dry noodles, broken as needed to fill the pan
Cheese mixture
Thick layer of sauce
Noodles
Cheese
Noodles
The rest of the sauce

I know that is out of pattern, but it's how I do it to end up with 3 layers of noodles. The noodle layers with just cheese in between is quite good.

This completely fills up the pan so I set it on a baking sheet. IT WILL OVERFLOW a little bit and you don't want that on your oven floor.

DO NOT top with cheese just yet unless you like it burned.

Bake at 350 for 45 minutes. Top with 2 cups of mozzarella cheese and return to the oven for 15 minutes more. The cheese will be slightly browned and really gooey. Y0u really don't want to cook it any longer than this.

Remove from the oven and let it sit for at LEAST 15 minutes. The longer the better, really. The sooner you cut it, the soupier it will be.


It was good, but didn't quite meet my expectations. It seems strange to me to post it anyway, but it was good enough for me to keep working on, and the kids absolutely loved it. So I'm posting my further ideas and will keep adding to this.

At the grocery, none of the bottled sauces were on sale, so I made my own. My recipe uses only butter and cream, which is why it was so so very rich. I think I would adapt my recipe for this by using milk instead, and thickening it with flour or cornstarch. Quantities are the same no matter which you use.

I used boneless chicken thighs, chopped up and cooked with the onions. It was too chunky. From now on, I will use ground meat (chicken, turkey or pork). I will also add a vegetable - spinach, kale, or broccoli, maybe some chopped mixed veg like broccoli/cauliflower/carrot.

My son had several friends over and they all liked it.