Spinach Lasagna

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 36.

	this recipe	typical
cheese	167%	117%
dairy	695%	2%
fat	47%	2%
thickener	12%	0%
egg	42%	6%
salt	5%	1%
aromatics	2%	19%
different cheeses	2.0	2.0
melt idx	0.6	0.7
cheese flavor idx	0.5	0.4
stretch idx	0.6	0.6

Where it stands out

• #4 of 36 for saltiness
• #35 of 36 for cheese intensity
• #36 of 36 for gloopiness

Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

113 g	1 stick salted butter
12 g	2 tsp. kosher salt, plus more to taste
240 g	12 lasagna noodles
	3 bunches fresh spinach, trimmed
	Black pepper, to taste
6 g	2 garlic cloves, chopped
30 g	1/4 c. all-purpose flour
976 g	4 c. whole milk
238 g	1 c. heavy cream
175 g	1 3/4 c. grated parmesan cheese
454 g	1 lb. whole-milk ricotta cheese
100 g	2 large egg yolks
100 g	1 c. fresh parsley, roughly chopped
	4 scallions, chopped
227 g	8 oz. ounces deli-sliced low-moisture mozzarella cheese

Method: 5 steps, published by www.thepioneerwoman.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.