Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, salmon and spinach lasagne. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Salmon and Spinach Lasagne is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Salmon and Spinach Lasagne is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook salmon and spinach lasagne using 18 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Salmon and Spinach Lasagne:
- Take Veggies and Herbs
- Get 1 bag fresh bag of spinach
- Get 1 tbsp fresh chopped dill weed
- Take 1 lemon zest
- Prepare to taste Himalayan salt and cracked black pepper
- Make ready 2 finely sliced shallots
- Get 4 tbsp grapeseed oil
- Take Meat
- Take 1 2/3 lb skinless salmon fillets
- Get Dairy
- Prepare 2 cup combined shredded asiago and parmesan cheese, mixed
- Make ready 1 cup mild shredded cheddar cheese
- Take 1/3 cup butter
- Prepare 2 cups milk (you can use skim milk)
- Prepare 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- Get 3/4 cup cottage cheese
- Prepare Pasta
- Take 12-14 Oven baked lasagne sheets
Instructions to make Salmon and Spinach Lasagne:
- Prepare Spinach… Turn the stove on to medium heat. Use a medium sauce pan and add the grapeseed oil. Let oil become slightly hot and add sliced shallots. Cooked until they are translucent, about 5-7 minutes, with consistent stirring. Add the bag of spinach to pan. Stirring with consistency until spinach is wilted. Once complete, then set aside in a bowl.
- Prepare the salmon…Turn the stove on to medium to low heat. Use a medium sauce pan and add 2 tbsp of grapeseed oil. Let oil become slightly hot then add the salmon to cook. Cook the salmon on both side for 5-7 mins or longer for larger pieces. Once done, break into pieces and put aside in a bowl.
- Prepare cheese sauce (or bechamel sauce)…Melt the butter in a large pot until it foams. Slowly whisk in flour to make a roux. Cook for 2 min and don't let burn. Slowly add milk, whisk briskly, until sauce is smooth, then add heavy cream. Stir whiskly until smooth. Put sauce on low simmer, cook until thickens. Stir in dill, lemon zest, salt, pepper and combine cheese mix of parmesan/asiago. Turn off pot, once the sauce is complete.
- Assemble to Lasagne…Preheat oven to 350°. To a 13x9 dish, add some sauce to bottom of pan. Line pan with 4-5 lasagne sheets. Add another layer sauce, then some salmon, spinach, some cottage cheese and some mix of cheddar/asiago/parmesan cheese. Continue this for another two layers. Top with final layer of lasagne sheets, remaining sauce and sprinkle with rest of cheese mix.
- Cook the lasagne…Place pan on a cookie sheet to catch any overspill. Put in the oven to cook for 25-30 minutes. If you want a brown top, at the last 5 minutes set the oven to broil at 500°. As it finish cooking, set lasagne aside for 10 minutes before eating.
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