Recipe: Crazy Lasagna with White Sauce

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From: Kelly~WA

Crazy Lasagna with White Sauce

6 tablespoons butter
5 tablespoons flour
3 cups seasoned milk (see Note)
Salt
White pepper
3/4 pound dried lasagna noodles
2 cups freshly grated Parmesan cheese
4 tablespoons butter, melted

To make the white sauce, melt 6 tablespoons butter and stir in the flour. Add the seasoned milk and
bring to a boil, stirring constantly until thickened. Taste and season with salt and white pepper.
Remove from heat and cover with wax paper to prevent a skin from forming.

Break lasagna noodles into 3-inch pieces and cook until al dente. Place all the pasta in a buttered
9x13-inch flameproof baking dish. Add the white sauce, 11/2 cups Parmesan, and the melted
butter. Swirl all together and top with the remaining Parmesan. (May be refrigerated at this point and baked later.) Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and bake until very hot, 10 minutes if freshly made, longer if made ahead and refrigerated. Freezes and reheats well. Yields 6 servings.

Note: To make seasoned milk, bring milk to a simmer with 6 peppercorns, parsley stalk, bay leaf, small slice of carrot, small slice of celery, half of a small onion; remove from heat and let sit 30 minutes; strain.