White Pizza Lasagna.
I’m in the middle of this salad love affair thing at the moment.
I know. Odd.
But don’ freak out – I think you all know what kind of salads I like to eat. The vegetableless kind. Or the kind with the fewest vegetables possible. The kind with lots of cheese and chips and bacon and cheese. I have another one coming your way and, well… it feels like a copout but is just so darn good.
So it makes complete sense that I want something hearty and soul warming. Right? That’s how I’m justifying it. That’s how I’m justifying that I made freaking lasagna in the SUMMER. Time consuming, cheesy comfort food that takes an hour or more. In the summer.
I’m clueless.
Also, this lasagna was a complete rip off of my white pizza dip. You know, the dip that four of us ate in one sitting? Yeah. That. I freaking love that stuff. I freaking love those flavors.
I also made it because lasagna isn’t a frequent meal around here… whatsoever. If you’ve been reading along then you may know that italian food is my least favorite cuisine due to my lack of love for tomato sauce. And then there is this whole thing where my husband claimed that he hated ricotta cheese, blah blah blah, but over the last few years he’s accidentally eaten so much of it that the argument no longer stands.
Marriage secret: trick your spouse into eating things.Â
This might be the worst time ever to share lasagna, after all so many of my Junes have been consumed with graduation parties and the standard rigatoni, lasagna and fried chicken that I am over anything even remotely close to that. BUT! It may also be the best time. It works for Sunday dinners and you can even just prep a big pan and freeze some leftovers and have a meal in a minute. Or ten.
This big dish of love is made with whole wheat lasagna noodles, my favorite roasted grape tomatoes, tons of garlic and basil and oodles of cheese. We are talking, like – tons of cheese. Tons of different cheeses. It’s a total cheese fest.
Get on board.
White Pizza Lasagna
Ingredients
roasted tomatoes
- 4 pints grape tomatoes, halved
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
lasagna
- 12 whole wheat lasagna noodles
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 2 1/2 cups whole milk
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 4 ounces mascarpone cheese
- 4 ounces freshly grated mozzarella cheese
- 4 ounces freshly grated provolone cheese
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoons dried thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 12 ounces freshly grated fontina cheese, separated into 4 equal portions
- 1/2 cup freshly chopped basil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Add tomatoes to a nonstick baking sheet and toss with salt, pepper and olive oil. Roast for 20 minutes, until the tomatoes are slightly bursting – yes, they will sort of burst even though they are cut in half. Once finished, remove and set aside until ready to use. I found it was easiest to “divide” them (with a spatula) into three equal portions on the baking sheet.
- While tomatoes are roasting, prepare water for the lasagna noodles and boil according to directions – only halfway since they will cook in the oven.
- Heat a saucepan over medium-high heat and add butter. Whisk in flour to create a roux, cooking for 1-2 minutes until golden. Add in milk and stir constantly until slightly thickened, then reduce heat to medium-low and add mascarpone, garlic, mozzarella and provolone. Continue to stir until cheese sauce is creamy and melty. Add in oregano, thyme, salt and pepper.
- To assemble lasagna, place three noodles on the bottom of a 9×13 baking dish. Cover in roasted tomatoes, a handful of basil, a handful of fontina cheese, then a few ladles of cheese sauce. Layer three more lasagna noodles on top. Repeat this two more times, finishing with four lasagna noodles on top. Cover those with remaining fontina and any extra cheese if it looks like it needs it. Ladle any extra sauce on top. Bake for 35-40 minutes, until cheese on top is golden and bubbly. Let cool for 15 minutes before serving, so lasagna can kind of hold together.
Notes
Did you make this recipe?
Be sure to follow @howsweeteats on instagram and tag #howsweeteats. You can also post a photo of your recipe to our facebook page.
I appreciate you so much!
Major hearts.
102 Comments on “White Pizza Lasagna.”
Not odd at all. Looks great!
This lasagna looks so good! I need to make this.
Mmmm, the hubby would loooooove this! Thanks for sharing.
This looks super delicious.
My husband doesn’t like tomato sauce either, so this recipe is completely up his alley. I’ll have to attempt this for him.
xo Quinn
Quinn Cooper Style
You’re killing me, here.
Also, my boyfriend insists he doesn’t like steak. I snuck it into sandwiches, pasta bakes and burgers for two years until he finally changed his mind. Has to be done.
That lasagna would feed an army. I’d have leftovers for days (which I secretly love. Makes my life way easier).
Just gorgeous! I haven’t had a good lasagna in a long time and your white pizza lasagna sounds amazing and the pictures, oh man, I am drooling! So you can say, I love the recipe!
I am so on board with this! White lasagnas are my favorite. I prefer them to the ones with sauce, cause I am not really a fan of the red sauce. I am really all about the cheese and noodles! This looks a freaking amazing!
Oh dear, YES. If this has anything to do with your white pizza dip, which is INSANE, then I am IN IN IN.
I would like to hop on board this cheese fest! :D
That is some gorgeous lasagna! I am not one to ever make it, just because, well, not a huge Italian food fan and because it makes a ton! But that can be a good thing. Your version, white with those great little grape tomatoes, mmm, totally perfect!
I love a nice big salad this time of year, but pasta is always welcome at our dinner table and this… Well, this looks just incredible
One of my favorite comfort foods!!!! can’t wait to try yours
I made lasagna last night for dinner ….one to freeze for future and one for last night. I regretted my decision when it went into the oven and I had been working on it for 1.5 hours and I was so hot. Glad to know I’m not the only crazy one that makes lasagna in the summer :) At least yours looks more summery since its “white!”
Gorgeous white pizza lasagna! I’m definitely on board with this one.
Looks AMAZING!!!
I don’t even like Lasagna but that looks SO good!
This looks insane! Who cares if it’s hot outside, I neeeeeed this!
So I have to say…lasagna and pizza are two of my fav comfort foods. Now combine that into one meal…pure genius! This looks amazing!
I’m completely craving lasagna right now.
I’m all over this. ALL of it.
I’m currently making beef stew,,,in June. When you live somewhere that experiences winter for 7 months and eat a ton of warm, hearty comfort food you’d think one would be over stews until October, not so much it seems. At least it’s rainy today; totally stew weather.
I wish I were eating this cold for breakfast right now! Am I the only one that likes cold lasagna leftovers for breakfast?! MMmmmmMMM
You can feed me lasagna anytime girl. Also, I’ve been slowly tricking my husband into liking lemons for the past 12 months (I know, how does someone not love lemon flavor?) My dream is to make him fall in love with lemon cake. It’s a tough mission, but someone’s gotta do it!
Helllooooo beautiful.
great. that just went to my thighs.
I love lasagna and this looks amazing! Using mascarpone cheese will be a first for me and I can’t wait to try it.
I can wait to try this. I am not a fan of the whole slice ones but I want to try this a free form lasagne. Such fresh flavours, so much better for you guys in summer
I like the nice, pop of tomatoes throughout instead of tomato sauce. Different and delicious!
I love reading all of your marriage wisdom:) I’m getting married in December and will totally be guilty of tricking my spouse into eating things. He says he doesn’t like olives…but I can’t even take that dislike seriously because olives are just so delicious!
I LOVED your white pizza dip & this looks amazing too!
Oh wow! I was raised on store-bought (probably Costco) lasagna, and as an adult can’t remember the last time I ate it because I think I overdosed as a kid. But this is clearly NOT your average lasagna!
The cheese is hands down the best part of lasagne, so I love the overdose of cheese in this!
Mmm, lasagna sounds reeeeal good right about now.
mmm love white sauce! will need to try this recipe out!
I’ll be making this- maybe adding some really great italian sausage into it. I’m from Wisconsin- we eat meat like we drink beer. :)
i am placing my order now…for when these babies come and making dinner is the last thing on my mind :)
My favorite lasagna is very similar except that it also includes mushrooms. I could live without red sauce in lasagna or on pizza forever; it was a revelation to eat both of those without it and love them so much!
So much cheese! This is super swoon-worthy. I love tomato sauce and Italian food in general, but I prefer white lasagna vs. the red-sauce drenched variety. I love that you roasted the tomatoes a bit first too – genius!
Lasagna is one of my favorite foods. Enjoyed best when made by mom. At least once a month in the summer, preferably the hottest day, i absolutely must make something that requires the oven on for an ungodly amount of time. Its how I roll and my husband hates, particularly because i also refuse to turn up the A/C.
I love white pizza, so I imagine this would be just as fabulous.
DINNER! Well, soon it will be. Yum!
I can totally get behind this. It looks ridiculously good. I live in Miami where seasons hardly exist anyway. My take on living seasonally is like.. don’t wear hot pink nail polish in December. That’s about it. Warm cheesy comfort food is perfect absolutely any time.
Lol my kind of salad!! I’m exactly the same, if it’s covered in cheese then I’ll eat it, but if I was given a plate of naked salad I don’t even think I know what I’d do :O This looks so great, definitely making it, could really do with something comforting as the sun is hiding again and it’s all gloomy here :((
I know that when you’re commenting on a blog you’re supposed to leave some sort of constructive thought, but all that I can think of right now is THAT I WANT THIS LASAGNA FOR MY NEXT FIVE MEALS. Also, it’s cold(ish) and raining where I am, so this looks peeeeeeerfect. Also, ALSO you are taking advantage of fresh summer-y ingredients like tomatoes and basil! Win-win-win!
My mouth LITERALLY watered when I looked at the last pic. Right now it’s gross and overcast and slightly muggy outside… in Cali-freakin-fornia. What? I think maybe it knew that you were making lasagna.
Lasagna is one of my all time favorites, so good. This dish looks incredible. Bring on the garlic, basil and crazy amounts of cheese :)
It’s summer outside, but the AC makes it feel like it’s winter inside the house. Therefore, this lasagna is absolutely necessary. CAN NOT wait to make this.
Funny, I just made the white pizza dip on Friday. In between shoving my face with huge globs of dip, I told my husband that we should try to mix it with pasta!
Oh man… I thought I was the only one! I HATE tomato sauce. I get sauceless pizzas and prefer butter, alredo, or pesto sauce rather than tomato sauce on my pasta. I will have to try this, it looks delicious!