Olive Garden Florentine Lasagna Recipes

OLIVE GARDEN FLORENTINE LASAGNA

Steps:

• Steam spinach until tender then press out excess moisture and chop coarsely. Mix mushrooms, onions and garlic and saute over medium-high heat until onions are tender. Drain excess liquid and cool.
• Mix ricotta cheese, 2/3 cup parmesan, egg, salt, pepper, basil and oregano in large bowl. Add cooled spinach and mushroom-onion mixture and mix on low speed until just blended.
• Cook lasagna according to package directions then rinse under cool water and drain thoroughly. Place four lasagna strips in bottom of lightly oiled 9x13" pan, overlapping slightly. Top with 2 cups spinach filling. Sprinkle with 1 1/2 cups shredded cheese and 1/3 cup parmesan. Repeat layering two more times and top with remaining four lasagna strips. Spread 1 cup of marinara sauce over top (make sure all noodles have sauce on them so they don't dry out) and cover tightly with foil.
• Preheat oven to 350F and bake, covered, for 1 hour. Turn oven off and allow lasagna to sit for at least 30 minutes before removing from oven. Allow 10 minutes wait time before cutting. Top with extra Parmesan cheese. (Can be refrigerated for up to a day in advance of baking, if desired.).

OLIVE GARDEN LASAGNA

Steps:

• Lay out enough dry lasagna strips in a 9 x 13-inch pan to ensure you have enough to make 3 full layers, with very little overlap on each layer. Remove the dry strips and cook according to package instructions until barely "al dente" and drain.
• ALFREDO SAUCE: Heat water to a boil in the bottom of a double boiler. Add butter, cream and pepper to the top pot and heat until butter is completely melted, then stir in Parmesan until melted and blended. Remove top pot and set aside to cool.
• RICOTTA CHEESE MIX: Combine all ingredients in a bowl and blend thoroughly with a rubber spatula. Set aside at room temperature.
• VEGETABLES: Combine all veggies and mix well.
• ASSEMBLY: Coat the bottom and sides of a 9x13 baking dish with vegetable spray. Lay out cooked lasagna strips (about 4) to cover entire bottom. Spread 1 1/4 cup of the Ricotta mix evenly over the strips. Top with 8 cups of vegetable mix and spread out evenly. Lay out 9 of the mozzarella slices to cover the veggie layer. Repeat this layering. Top the second layer of mozzarella slices with lasagna strips and spread them evenly with 1-1/4 cup ricotta cheese mix to finish.
• COOKING: Spray a sheet of foil with vegetable spray and cover the baking dish tightly with the foil, sprayed side down. Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for about an hour or until the internal temperature is 165 degrees. Remove from the oven and allow to sit for a few minutes, covered, before cutting and serving. Immediately prior to serving, heat the reserved portion of Alfredo Sauce and ladle the hot sauce over each slice of lasagna as it is served.