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  • White Lasagna with Kale, Sausage, & Sweet Potatoes

    White Lasagna with Kale, Sausage, & Sweet Potatoes

    white lasagne with sausage, kale, sweet potatoes & leeks

    For the lasagna assembly:
    1 pack no-boil lasagna sheets (GASP, a shortcut!)
    2 small sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced thinly
    2 lbs kale (mixed is OK), blanched, drained, and chopped finely
    1 lb sweet italian sausage, no casing, pan fried and set aside
    2 large leeks sliced thinly and cooked at medium low heat in fat from sausage

    Bechamel sauce for white lasagna

    8T butter
    1/2 C flour
    1/2 tsp nutmeg
    1/2 tsp garlic powder or 1 clove fresh garlic
    3 3/4 C milk
    1 C chicken or vegetable stock
    2 eggs, beaten
    1/2 C marsala
    1 C mixed grated cheese such as parmesan, pecorino, fontina, gruyere
    salt & pepper

    Melt the butter. Once it reduces spitting/bubbling, add flour and whisk, cooking for 3 minutes at medium heat. Slowly add the milk and the stock, raising heat to high. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, until sauce coats the back of a spoon. Set aside to cool until warm to touch.

    Once warm to touch, add the beaten eggs, 1/2 C marsala, 1/2 C of cheese and salt & pepper to taste.

    Assemble the lasagna

    Preheat oven to 375. Pour a thin layer of bechamel sauce on the bottom of your lasagna pan (preferably 8×10 or something similar/bigger), add two layers of lasagne sheets. Spread the sausage evenly, add salt & pepper, and cover with more sauce.

    Add another 2 layers of lasagna sheets, next adding the kale. Top with salt & pepper, sauce, and more lasagna sheets.

    Add a thin layer of leeks, and then as if making a gratin spread the sweet potato slices in a single overlapping layer.

    Add more salt & pepper, sauce, and the final layer of lasagna sheets. Top with sauce and remaining cheese.  Bake for 40 minutes to 1 hour.