Pesto Lasagna with Labneh and Roast Chicken

Yield: 12 Servings

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp Président Butter
  • 4 cups cremini mushrooms, sliced
  • 2 cups fresh spinach leaves, chopped
  • ½ cup sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
  • 4 cups Khaas Labneh
  • ¼ cup Beatrice 35% Cream
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • Zest of one lemon
  • ¼ tsp each, salt and pepper
  • 2 cups roasted or grilled chicken, shredded
  • ¾ cup basil pesto (store-bought or homemade)
  • 4 cups Racolli Mozzarella Shredded Cheese, divided
  • 1¼ cups Galbani Shredded Parmesan cheese, divided
  • 10-12 fresh lasagna sheets

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. In a sauté pan over medium-high heat, melt 2 tbsp butter. Add mushrooms and cook until golden. Then add spinach and sun-dried tomatoes; cook until spinach wilts and water evaporates. Remove from heat and set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, mix labneh with cream, garlic powder, salt, and black pepper to season it. Set aside.
  4. In another bowl, coat shredded chicken with pesto.

Assembly:

  1. In a 9 x 13 dish, layer ¾ cup labneh sauce, fresh noodles (you might need to cut a sheet in 2 to make sure it covers the dish without overlapping), labneh sauce, chicken, mushroom mixture, 1 cup mozzarella, and ¼ cup parmesan. Repeat twice. Finish with another layer of lasagna noodles, labneh sauce, and the remaining cheese.
  2. Bake covered for 45 minutes and uncovered for an extra 15 minutes, until golden and bubbling.