LASAGNA WITH CHICKEN AND PEPPERS

Steps:

• For pepper sauce: halve and seed the peppers and cut into 1/2 inch dice.
• Seed and chop the tomatoes, reserving 1 cup of juice.
• Mince 1 tablespoon herbs.
• For both the pepper and chicken sauce, mince the 8 onions, 8 cloves garlic.
• Chop 2 cup parsley and 1/2 cup basil.
• For the pepper sauce, heat olive oil in large frying pan.
• Add half of the onions and pepper and cook until soft, aobut 15 mins.
• Add the tablespoon of minced herbs and half of the garlic, parsley, basil and cook about 2 mins.
• Add tomatoes and reserved 1 cup juice and cook until most of the liquid had evaporated, about 15 mins.
• Season to taste.
• The pepper sauce can be made one week ahead.
• For chicken sauce, trim the chicken breasts of fat and connective tissue and season with salt and pepper.
• Cut the prosciutto in 1/2 inch pieces.
• Heat 4 tablespoons of the butter in a large frying pan over medium heat.
• Sear the chicken about 2 minutesa side until well browned, cooking in batches to avoid overcrowding.
• Reduce heat, return all chicken to pan and simmer until barely cooked through, about 10 minutes.
• Remove from pan and cool.
• Cut chicken into 1/2 inch dice.
• In the same frying pan, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil over medium heat and briefly saute ham and remaining garlic, parsley and basil until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
• Add to chicken.
• In the same pan used to cook the chicken and ham, heat remaining 6 oz of butter and 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
• Add the remaining onions and peppers.
• Saute until soft, about 5 minutes.
• Whisk in flour and cook for 4 minutes over low heat, stirring constantly.
• Whisk in chicken stock and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add the chicken mixture and heavy cream and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Chicken sauce can be made several days ahead.
• Boil the spinach noodles according to package directions and cook until tender.
• If using fresh, cook in batches for about 2 minutes a batch.
• Remove lasagne to a large bowl of cold water to stop the cooking, then to a damp towel.
• Grate parmesan and fontina cheeses.
• Butter four 9 by 13 inch lasagna pans or large oval pans.
• Pour a layer of hte pepper sauce into each pan.
• Put a layer of lasagna noodles on top of the sauce, overlapping slightly.
• Add a layer of the chicken sauce, then a layer of the cheeses, and another layer of pasta.
• Repeat the process 3 more times ending with the pepper sauce and cheeses.
• Cover with foil.
• Lasagne at this point can be made a day ahead.
• Cooking and serving: Heat oven to 375 F.
• Bake lasagne in a preheated oven until cooked through, about 45 mins.
• Allow lasagne to rest for 15 mins.
• before cutting and serving.