Lasagna with Béchamel Sauce

You know what I love? Lasagna. More specifically, my mom’s lasagna. It’s one of the things she makes better than anyone else I know and it alllll comes down to one magical ingredient: Béchamel sauce. Ever had it? It’s amazing. It’s a white sauce made with a roux of butter and flour cooked in milk. According to Wikipedia, it’s “one of the mother sauces of French cuisine”. According to me, it’s one mother of a sauce. For any cuisine. It’s super creamy and is a genius substitution for ricotta cheese in lasagna recipes because sometimes ricotta (as delicious as it is) makes for a somewhat dry and mealy lasagna. Béchamel lasagna is velvety smooth. Here’s how to make it.