Recipe Wednesday- Lasagna rolls and Melissa's Breadsticks

so I saw this wonderful looking thing on pinterest and decided that i needed to make it.

here is the recipe that i used-

Ingredients

Sauce:

• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 4 teaspoons all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups whole milk
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
• Pinch ground nutmeg

Lasagna:

• 1 (15-ounce) container whole milk ricotta cheese
• 1 (10-ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed, squeezed dry
• 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan
• 3 ounces thinly sliced prosciutto, chopped [{this is ham in italian just FYI} i used chicken instead]
• 1 large egg, beaten to blend
• 3/4 teaspoon salt, plus more for salting water
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 12 uncooked lasagna noodles
• 2 cups marinara sauce
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella (about 4 ounces)

Directions

To make the sauce: Melt the butter in a heavy medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the flour and whisk for 3 minutes. Whisk in the milk. Increase the heat to medium-high. Whisk the sauce until it comes to a simmer and is thick and smooth, about 3 minutes. Whisk the salt, pepper, and nutmeg into the bechamel sauce.

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.

Whisk the ricotta, spinach, 1 cup Parmesan, prosciutto, egg, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl to blend.

Add a tablespoon or 2 of oil to a large pot of boiling salted water. Boil the noodles until just tender but still firm to bite. Drain. Arrange the noodles in a single layer on a baking sheet to prevent them from sticking.

Butter a 13-by-9-by-2-inch glass baking dish. Pour the bechamel sauce over the bottom of the prepared dish. Lay out 4 lasagna noodles on a work surface, then spread about 3 tablespoons of ricotta mixture evenly over each noodle. Starting at 1 end, roll each noodle like a jelly roll. Lay the lasagna rolls seam side down, without touching, atop the bechamel sauce in the dish. Repeat with the remaining noodles and ricotta mixture. Spoon 1 cup of marinara sauce over the lasagna rolls. Sprinkle the mozzarella and remaining 2 tablespoons of Parmesan over the lasagna rolls. Cover tightly with foil. Bake until heated through and the sauce bubbles, about 20 minutes. Uncover and bake until the cheese on top becomes golden, about 15 minutes longer. Let stand for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, heat the remaining marinara sauce in a heavy small saucepan over medium heat until hot, and serve alongside.

if i were to make this again {which i most definitely will be doing at some point!} i would try it with an Alfredo sauce instead of marinara. also, cook more than the 12 noodles it says to. i had plenty of sauce and stuffing stuff for 18. so, make a whole box of lasagna noodles. be ware-this is kinda time consuming to make both. i think i spent 3 hours on them at least. It tasted so so sososoosososos good though! My roommates said they thought they were eating at a restaurant. lol.

you can see the finished breadsticks at the top of the top picture in this collage. i forgot to take pictures of the finished sheet by itself. :'(

my roommate from last year, Melissa, had these dang good breadsticks and she gave me the recipe. After tasting these breadsticks, you won't ever go back to store bought, tube dough, or even the pizza factory breadsticks. trust me on this one. so so so so so so so so so good.

Breadsticks
3 cups warm water
2 TBS Yeast
4 TBS Sugar
Stir well
Add:
6 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp salt
Stir all ingredients together until very thick. Sprinkle a little flour on counter. Knead just till it sticks together (couple minutes). Cover with a towel, let raise 30 minutes.
Sprinkle flour on counter knead for 2 minutes. Melt 3/4 c butter, pour on cookie sheet (lift one side of cookie sheet with binder). Use pizza cutter to cut dough into strips. Dip in butter on cookie sheet-both sides-stretch, fold in half & twist. Repeat until done. Sprinkle with garlic salt, Parmesan cheese & parsley flakes. Bake at 375 for 20 minutes.

my advice is to add about a tablespoon of garlic powder to the dough itself as well. this is how i made it this time because i like it more flavorful. :D and DO DO DO use real butter.

today was the day on the quad here at USU. here are all the free things that i got. A card for a free large dominos pizza, an aggie ice cream cone, a roll of TP, a snow cone, a pint of aggie ice cream, some DOTS, a whole chicken sandwhich from chick fil a, 7 pens, a notebook, a free buffet at pizza pie coupon, a free rumbi island grill entre coupon, a free usu t shirt, costco coupon book, free mango pineapple smoothie at mcdonalds coupon, a pack of top romen, cup of noodles, other assorted candy and nic nacs like a magnet shaped like pizza. I'd say i hit the jack pot! I love free things!

also, i made this bridge in 3D design today. it was actually kind of fun!

and here are a few pictures from my first week and a half of being in Logan.

i went ice skating for the institute opening social. and i have a success story to share with you- i didn't fall at all! NOT ONCE! **adds ice skating to talents in resume**

Betsy and i threw a crepe party on sunday afternoon and invited lots of people over. it was super super fun!

my new "ward" friends from oakridge.

and then we played swedish twister and the awkward look game. good times.

we went to THOR on old main hill. it was fun. mostly because Melissa gave me a back message. and played with my hair. :D i didn't really pay attention to the movie.

tomorrow-thought thursday. :D :D

tonight-COUNTRY SWING DANCING!!!!