10.22.07

Lasagna for dessert!

Posted in Recipes at 5:08 pm by The Chef

This recipe posted to a songwriting forum by the hard-rocking Chris of Billy’s Little Trip is just wrong on so many levels…

I enjoy all sorts of cooking, but I really enjoy making decadent desserts. I mentioned my Peach Cheese Cake last time, so I’ll go with something my Mother in law requests every time she visits.

Chocolate Almond Butterscotch Lasagna

This is a creation that I came up with after eating a chocolate mousse cannelloni at an Italian Ristorante. It wasn’t very good, the noodle was starchy and tough, the mousse was bitter, but after eating it I thought of the things I could do to make it better, and my friend told me of a pasta dessert that she had once and loved. So that was all the inspiration that I needed.

Basically it’s made just like lasagna, except with chocolatey, butterscotchy, almondy goodness.

The Noodles - After boiling and rinsing the lasagna noodles, I soak them in Creme De Menthe for about 20 minutes.

The filling - I beat together about 2 or 3 pounds of ricotta cheese, cocoa, powdered sugar, vanilla, almond extract and 2 eggs. (I add 3 tablespoons of instant coffee if I’m feeling mochaish)

The layers - start with the ricotta, then about a half cup each of semi-sweet chocolate chips, coarsely crushed toasted almond, then a layer of the soaked lasagna noodles. Continue layering except every other layer use butterscotch chips in place of the chocolate chips. I try to get at least 4 layers, preferably 5 and end with a layer of the ricotta, chocolate chips and almonds.

Bake - 350 oven for about 45 minutes, or until it has fully risen. Remove and let cool. I like it both warm or cold, but my Mother in law loves it warm and melty.

Serve - I mix up just regular cool hhhwhip, a little bit of the Creme De Menthe and some cocoa powder. Makes a great topping. Then after I add a big dollop of the cool whip, I shave either white chocolate because the contrast looks cool, or just regular chocolate. Serving sizes should be the same size that you would serve lasagna.

She always tells me I should enter it in a contest because it’s so unique. Then one day I was looking at a desserts cook book at Bed Bath and Beyond and there were like ten different Lasagna dessert recipes, lol. So much for being unique.

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