oven-ready lasagna with meat sauce and bechamel

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (9 ounce) box barilla® oven ready lasagne
• 1 quart milk
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• salt and black pepper to taste
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 (24 ounce) jar barilla® meat sauce
• 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves, julienned

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins Ready Time: 45 mins


• pre heat the oven to 375 degrees f.
• for the bechamel, bring the milk to a simmer in a saucepan. meanwhile in a separate pan, melt butter; stir in flour and cook 2-3 minutes. stir the hot milk into the butter-flour mixture. whisk vigorously and bring to a simmer; cook for 5 minutes. remove the pan from the heat. season with salt, pepper, nutmeg and 3/4 of cheese.
• pour 1/5 of the barilla sauce and 1/5 of the bechamel into the bottom of a 13x9 baking dish; top with basil. cover with three noodles and repeat for 3 layers. for the top layer add the remaining parmigiano cheese and basil. cover with foil.
• bake until the corners are bubbling and slightly brown, about 20 minutes. let the lasagna rest for 5 minutes before serving.