MEXICAN LASAGNA
Time: 1 hour 20 minutes Makes: 8 to 12 servings
8 poblano chiles
3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
½ onion, cut into rounds
1 cup corn kernels
1 chopped garlic clove
1 cup tomato sauce
1 cup vegetable broth
1 (8 -ounce) container sour cream
1 5 ounces (1 ½ 1 0 -ounce packages) cotija cheese, divided
9 pieces oven-ready lasagna 6 ounces quesadilla cheese (½ ofa 1 2 -ounce package), shredded
1 . Prepare the chiles: Roast the chiles under the broiler or over a stove-top burner until the skin is charred on all sides. Peel the skin and seed the chiles, then cut lengthwise into long strips.
2 . Heat the oven to 3 7 5 degrees.
3 . In a large saute pan, heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium-high heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring frequently, until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in the corn and chile strips, reduce the heat to low and continue to cook until the corn and chiles are warmed through. Remove from heat and set aside.
4 . In a medium saucepan, heat the remaining tablespoon of oil over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and cook until aromatic, about 1 minute. Add the tomato sauce and vegetable broth and heat until hot. Remove from heat and set aside.
5 . In a food processor, combine the sour cream with ⅔ of the cotija cheese and blend until creamy but lumpy. (This can also be done by hand in a large bowl using the back of a spoon.)
6 . Line base of 1 3 -by-9 -inch baking or casserole dish with 3 lasagna noodles. Add ½ of corn-chile mixture, distributing evenly over the noodles. Dollop ½ of the sour cream-cotija mixture over the corn and chiles. Place 3 more noodles in the pan, and repeat with the remaining corn-chile mixture and sour cream-cotija mix.
7 . Place the 3 remaining noodles in the pan. Sprinkle the shredded quesadilla cheese and remaining cotija cheese over the noodles. Using a spoon, drizzle the thinned tomato sauce evenly over the noodles in the dish.
8 . Cover the dish with foil and bake the lasagna for 3 0 minutes. Remove the foil and continue to bake until the cheese is melted and golden, an additional 1 0 to 1 5 minutes.