5 Mushroom Lasagna by Brenda Palmer
1 box+ lasagna pasta or freshly made pasta
2 lb. mushrooms, your choice. I like to use standard white agaricus, portobello, shitake, oyster and enoki
3 T balsamic vinegar
3 cups heavy cream
1 teaspoon salt
pepper to taste
3 shallots
6 cloves garlic
3 Tablespoons dry sherry
1 lb ricotta cheese
4 oz regiano parmesan cheese, shaved
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 lb mozzarella, shredded
1 medium tomato, sliced
1 medium tomato, diced
2 Tablespoons butter
preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
saute shallots and garlic with butter in a skillet. reserving some enoki and/or portabello slices for the top, chop the rest of the mushrooms and saute with garlic and shallots. Deglaze your pan with sherry, add cream and vinegar. simmer a few minutes and set aside. It should still be thin.
beat eggs in a bowl, combine with parmesan, riccota, basil, salt and pepper and diced tomato.
spray 9x12 baking pan with vegetable oil spray and layer pasta noodles(you can use them dry, they don't need to be "oven ready"), dot pasta with lumps of riccota mixture, then pour msushroom crem over. You want to make this at least 3 layers deep.
On top layer spread mozzarella. Arranve the reserved enoki or portablella slices and slices of tomato on top attractively.
If you are using dry pasta add 1/2 cup chicken stock poured into the corners of the pan and seal tightly with foil before baking.
If using fresh pasta omit any added moisture.
Bake pasta50 minutes. Allow to rest at room temperature at least 10 minutes before cutting
