Sausage, Chard, Lemon Lasagna

By brenie_shydee

Ingredients

• 3 tbs unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup all purpose flour
• 3 cups whole milk (I used low fat)
• 1 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese
• Coarse salt & pepper
• 5 cups coarsely chopped Swiss chard, about 1 bunch (I could not find Swiss so I went with Red Chard)
• 1 lb sweet Italian sausage, casings removed (I used turkey sausage)
• 1 lemon, very thinly sliced (I used a Meyer lemon)
• 6 no boil lasagna noodles ( I found fresh ones at Bristol Farms)

Details

Servings 4

Preparation

Step 1

1. Melt butter in saucepan over high heat. Stir in flour, cook for 2 minutes. Whisk in milk. Bring to a boil, stirring. Reduce heat. Simmer for one minute. Remove from heat. Whisk in 3/4 cup cheese, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper. Stir in chard.

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook sausage in a skillet over high heat, breaking up into pieces, until no longer pink, about 4 minutes.

3. Cover lemon slices with cold water by 3 inches in a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat: simmer for 7 minutes. Transfer to a paper-towel lined plate with a slotted spoon.

4. Spread 1/4 cup of sauce in an 8 inch square baking dish. Top with 2 noodles, half the sausage, and 1 cup of sauce. Repeat. Top with a layer of lemons, 2 noodles, then remaining sauce and lemons. Bake, covered with parchment-lined foil, for 27 minutes.

5. Remove from oven. Heat broiler. Uncover lasagna, top with remaining cheese. Broil until bubbling, 2 to 3 minutes (took me 5 minutes).