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Home » Main Dish

Artichoke Mushroom Lasagna with Bechamel Sauce

February 26, 2016 By Lorena Grater

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Happy Friday lovely readers!! Let’s finish the week with an extraordinary Artichoke Mushroom Lasagna with creamy Bechamel Sauce.

Close up of a piece of finished Artichoke Mushroom Lasagna with Bechamel Sauce.

My mother used to make this artichoke mushroom lasagna a lot. Like a lot a lot!  How couldn’t she? The lasagna is perfect for preparing ahead. I always choose my menu wisely for dinner parties for example in order to avoid stress. The more you can prepare ahead, the less stressed you will be the actual day.

Stews or Roasts or Lasagnas are the absolute best dishes to share with others. These things take a little longer to prepare. However, you will be totally relaxed and your kitchen will be shining clean by the time your guest arrive.

Lasagna sheets laid out in a baking dish.

Usually I cook only 2-3 lasagna sheets at a time out of  fear that otherwise they might stick together. This time I risked it and cooked 10 sheets at once. Turns out that if you keep moving them around they don’t stick!!! Wheeee!

Hand putting artichoke pieces over lasagna sheets in a baking dish.

Separate the artichoke leaves carefully and spread them out in a thin layer. The lasagna will only be in the oven for 30 minutes so you can’t stack too many artichoke leaves on top of one another. They won’t cook through in the short baking time if you do.

Hand putting shredded cheese over layer of artichoke in a baking dish.

Go easy on the cheese, don’t use more than suggested in the recipe. There is cheese on every layer already and if you use too much, the lasagna becomes all greasy and falls apart. Remember, more does not always mean better. The right amount of every ingredient makes the difference between a good and an extraordinary artichoke mushroom lasagna.

Spatula spreading bechamel sauce on top of lasagna sheets in a baking dish.

When spreading the bechamel sauce make sure you cover the edges and especially corners really well. Uncovered corners dry out in the oven. All lasagna sheets have to be properly covered with sauce to stay soft.

Hand placing mushrooms on top of bechamel sauce layer of lasagna in a baking dish.

To sauté the mushrooms the pan has to be SMOKING hot! If it isn’t hot enough, the mushrooms release a lot of water. Instead of sautéing you end up cooking them in their own juices and they will become extremely soggy. Yuck! You can also sauté them in two parts to make sure they turn out like in the photo above.

Hand spreading shredded cheese on top of mushrooms layer of lasagna in a baking dish.

Use a melty cheese like Swiss cheese, Cheddar cheese, Edamer or something along the lines for the middle layers. A cheese that really melts and gets al gooey and delicious.

Hand spreading shredded cheese on top of bechamel sauce layer of lasagna in a baking dish.

For the last top layer use only Parmesan cheese. Parmesan gets a beautiful color when under the broiler for a couple of minutes and it gets crusty instead of melty and gooey which is exactly what you want for this artichoke mushroom lasagna.

Close up of a piece of finished Artichoke Mushroom Lasagna with Bechamel Sauce, with text overlay.

Let the lasagna cool down for at least 10 minutes before cutting. The bechamel sauce and cheese have to harden a little bit so the lasagna doesn’t fall apart. Use a sharp and pointy serrated knife and cut the artichoke mushroom lasagna into desired serving size, then use a flat spatula to lift out of the baking dish. Serve with fresh leafy salad and enjoy immediately.

Close up of a piece of finished Artichoke Mushroom Lasagna with Bechamel Sauce.

Artichoke Mushroom Lasagna with Bechamel Sauce

Prep Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours
Servings: 6 people
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Ingredients

  • 10 oz lasagna sheets - (300g)
  • 1/3 cup butter
  • 1/3 cup flour
  • 3 cups milk - (700 ml)
  • 2 cups artichoke heart leaves - (about 10)
  • 2 cups sliced mushrooms - (300 g)
  • olive oil
  • 10 oz cheese - (300g)
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • 1/8 tsp nutmeg
  • 1 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
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Instructions

  • Bring abundant water to the boil in the biggest pot you own.
  • In the meantime, if your mushrooms aren't already sliced, slice them now (not too thin).
  • Cook lasagna sheets in boiling water until al dente, moving them around often with a fork or spoon to avoid from sticking together.
  • Once lasagna sheets are cooked, don't drain them in a colander but rather fish them out one by one and lay them out on non stick baking sheets or plates or even just on parchment paper laid out on your kitchen counter to avoid from having them stick together.
  • Preheat oven to 350F (180C)
  • Heat a large pan over medium high heat.
  • In a another medium saucepan melt butter over medium low heat. Once melted add flour and whisk until all lumps are dissolved. Add 750 ml milk, 2 tsp salt, 1/8 tsp nutmeg and pepper to taste and stir, and stir some more and some more and some more. Do not stop stirring until the sauce has thickened to about yogurt consistency, then remove from heat and keep stirring until it cools down a little.
  • Now the large pan should be smoking hot, add a splash of olive oil and then sliced mushrooms, a good amount of salt and pepper and move around quickly to avoid from burning and to ensure all the water evaporates quickly so the mushrooms don't become soggy.
  • Now it's time to assemble the lasagna. First spread a very thin layer of bechamel sauce on the bottom and then lay out lasagna sheets to cover the whole bottom, cut the sheets accordingly to fit in. The first layer of bechamel is not for taste but to avoid the lasagna sheets from sticking to the bottom so it really only has to be very thin.
  • Now spread a thicker layer of bechamel sauce on the lasagna sheets covering edges and corners really well, too.
  • Lay out artichoke leaves in a single layer, then sprinkle a little bit of cheese on top.
  • Now start your second row by laying out lasagna sheets, spreading bechamel sauce on them, placing sliced and sautéd mushrooms in one layer on top, sprinkling with cheese and top with lasagna sheets.
  • Another row with artichokes again and one you finish with lasagna sheets again we will just finish off the lasagna with one last layer of bechamel sauce and sprinkle with Parmesan cheesehere again the oder: bechamel-pasta-bechamel-artichoke-cheese-pasta-bechamel-mushroom-cheese-pasta-bechamel-artichoke-cheese-pasta-bechamel-Parmesan
  • Put in the oven for 30 minutes and finish off with 3-4 minutes under the broiler to get a dark and crispy top.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
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Comments

  1. Inez says

    August 16, 2020 at 4:03 pm

    Can I use 2% milk?

    Reply
    • Lorena Grater says

      August 18, 2020 at 10:26 am

      Yes, absolutely.

      Reply
  2. Gina says

    June 28, 2017 at 6:36 pm

    Turned out awesome. I added a little bit of fontina and smoked Gouda to the sauce. I chopped up pancetta and onion and garlic sautéed that then the mushrooms. Then used a little mozzarella, Gouda and fontina cheese grated between each layer. It was so amazing. Thanks for the wonderful recipe.

    Reply
    • Lorena says

      June 28, 2017 at 11:48 pm

      Hi Gina, thank you so much for coming back and commenting. You made my day!!! Your cheese choice sounds AMAZING!!!

      Reply
  3. Colleen says

    February 26, 2017 at 8:31 pm

    It was delicious and the only change I made was to chop the artichoke finely and I used garlic butter to do the mushrooms in. Thank you for sharing your incredible recipe!

    Reply
    • Lorena says

      February 27, 2017 at 11:06 am

      Thank you for coming back and letting me know you liked it Colleen. The garlic butter for the mushrooms sounds DIVINE!! Great idea :D

      Reply
  4. Colleen says

    February 26, 2017 at 8:29 pm

    Incredible!!!! I also did the mushrooms in a bit of garlic butter to infuse a subtle flavour! I made the decision to finely chop the artichoke as they were canned. Amazing! Thanks for sharing this delicious recipe :)

    Reply
    • Lorena says

      February 27, 2017 at 11:06 am

      Thank you for making it and letting me know you liked it :)

      Reply
  5. Colleen says

    February 21, 2017 at 12:46 pm

    I would love to make this but I have never seen measurements like this is my life!!! Can you list proper imperial measurements please? What is 1/8 nutmeg? Why is flour listed in fl oz? Looking for A recipe that uses Cup, tbsp., etc., Thank you!

    Reply
    • Lorena says

      February 22, 2017 at 4:15 pm

      Hi Colleen, the recipe has all imperial measurements. My recipe plugin has this extremely annoying drop down menu option to convert from metric to imperial and the other way around and it doesn’t work at all. I’ve tried to delete it but it keeps popping up again and again. You probably clicked on it by accident and it converted to metric and then you tried to convert back to imperial and it converted 1/3 cup flour into a fl oz measurement that doesn’t make any sense. I’m really sorry about that. When that happens, just refresh the page. I will look into deleting that drop down thing again though to avoid that from happening again.

      Reply
      • Colleen says

        February 24, 2017 at 9:34 am

        Thanks so much! Lol it is fine today when I checked! Also can I use canned artichoke hearts in water? I know they lack in flavour, but I was nervous to grab marinated ones. Excited to try this today! Thank you!!!

        Reply
        • Lorena says

          February 26, 2017 at 10:40 am

          I’m sure it’ll turn out just fine with canned artichoke :) Let me know how you liked it!!

          Reply
  6. Coco says

    February 27, 2016 at 2:41 am

    Que gusto que te haya servido esa receta, además es realmente delicious. Muchos besos y no me canso de felicitarte por el lindo trabajo que haces.

    Reply
    • Lorena says

      February 29, 2016 at 10:03 am

      Gracias por todos esos deliciosos platos que se quedaron grabados en mi cabeza para siempre!!!

      Reply

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