Ham And Potato Lasagna

Serves: 5

Fatima Kris

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

55

Spice

56

Sweetness

50

Sourness

41

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.3

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 tsps

Black Pepper

1 cup

Cornstarch

1 tsps

Olive Oil

1 tsps

Ground Nutmeg

1 tsps

Salt

Directions:

1

In a small bowl, combine chicken broth and cornstarch, mix until smooth and set aside

2

In a 2-quart saucepan over high heat, saute onion in oil until limp

3

Add chicken broth mixture, milk, nutmeg and pepper; bring to a boil

4

Remove from heat, add Fontina cheese and stir until melted

5

Squeeze liquid out of spinach

6

Rinse fennel and chop feathery green leaves, reserving 1/2 cup

7

Trim and discard remaining stalks, root ends, bruised areas and coarse fibers from fennel heads; cut heads crosswise into 1/8" slices

8

Scrub and peel potatoes; cut lengthwise into 1/8" slices

9

Lightly oil a shallow 3-quart casserole dish

10

Layer 1/3 of the potatoes, overlapping slightly, on the bottom

11

Cover potatoes with 1/2 of the fennel, 1/2 of the ham and 1/2 of the spinach

12

Spoon 1/3 of the Fontina sauce over the spinach

13

Repeat layers

14

Spoon 1/3 of sauce on top of spinach and top with remaining 1/3 of potatoes

15

Spoon remaining 1/3 of sauce over top

16

Bake, covered, at 375 for 30 mins

17

Uncover and continue baking until top is richly browned and potatoes are tender when pierced, about 1 hour

18

Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, chopped fennel leaves and bake 5 mins

19

Longer

20

Let stand 10 mins

21

Before cutting

22

Serves 4-6