Restaurant Recipes at Home – Olive Garden Lasagna

Easily the most popular aspect of popular American chain restaurants like the Olive Garden or P.F. Changs or Applebees is their delicious recipes. With our country's current economic climate, however, it's not always possible to eat out on a budget multiple times a month. This is why restaurant recipes at home stylized cookbooks have surfaced recently, enabling you to mimic those same great recipes but without the upcharge or having to tip anybody (though the gourmet of the house may still appreciate it).

For ingredients, you'll need:

• ¼ cup margarine or butter

• ¼ cup all-purpose flour

• ½ cup grated Romano cheese

• ½ teaspoon salt

• 2 cups milk

• 1 teaspoon black pepper

• ¼ cup minced oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes

• 12 lasagna noodles

• 1 tablespoon minced garlic

• 3 ½ cups ricotta cheese

• 1 cup fontina cheese

• 4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

• 3 eggs

• 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese

• marinara/spaghetti sauce as topping

To start this restaurant recipes at home for Olive Garden's Lasagna, melt the butter over medium heat in a 1 quart saucepan. Add the flour and stir until it's blended and cook until mixture is frothy.

Now add milk while constantly stirring with a wire whisk as mixture simmers. Continue stirring as it thickens in the heat or for about 4 minutes.

Now drain and mince the tomatoes and put them in a 3 quart mixing bowl. Add the salt, pepper, Romano, Parmesan, Ricotta, garlic, and eggs to the bowl. Add 1 ½ cups of the cooled cream sauce to the bowl and mix until well blended.

Place 3 lasagna noodles in a 9” X 13” X 2” lightly oiled baking dish slightly overlapped on one another. Spread 1 ½ cups of the cheese filling over the noodles, then sprinkle one cup mozzarella and ¼ cup fontina cheese over top, as well. Repeat the same process twice more then top with the remaining 3 lasagna noodles.

Spread the last ½ cup of cream sauce over the top and cover with aluminum foil.

Bake in oven at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

Remove from the over than keep them warm at least 30 minutes before serving. Complete dish by spreading Parmesan cheese and hot marinara over lasagna. Serves 5.

This concludes this edition of restaurant recipes at home.