Classic Lasagna Recipe
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Lasagna recipe is a great classic of Italian cuisine. The one in this recipe is a simple lasagna with meat sauce that my mom always prepares.
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Ingredients
For the lasagna
- 1.1 lbs bolognese sauce
- 1.22 cups Béchamel sauce
- 16 regular lasagna noodles or no-boil noodles
- 10.58 oz mozzarella cheese
- 3.53 oz Grated grana padano cheese
- 3 1/2 tablespoons butter
Bolognese sauce
- 1 lb mixed minced meat pork-beef
- 3 Tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
- 1 cup white wine
- 2.5 cups of Tomato passata
- 1 celery about 1 cup
- 1 carrot about 1 cup
- 1 onion about 1 cup
- 1 bay leaf
- salt & pepper to taste
Bechamel
- 4 ⅕ cup milk
- 3.5 ounce all purpose flour
- 3.5 ounce butter
- Pinch of nutmeg
- salt & black pepper
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Instructions
- First, dice finely the onion, carrots and celery. This is the soffritto for the bolognese.
- Sauté vegetables in a saucepan with olive oil until tender, about 10 minutes.
- Add the ground meat and brown it over medium-high heat for about 10 minutes, then add the wine and let it evaporate over high heat.
- Add the tomato passata, a glass of water or broth and a bay leaf and stir well.
- Continue cooking over low heat, for at least two hours, stirring occasionally. Taste and adjust the flavor with salt and pepper if necessary.
- Meanwhile, prepare the béchamel sauce.
- Once the Bolognese sauce and bechamel have been made, all that remains is to assemble the ingredients.
- There must be a minimum of 4/5 layer of lasagna noodles.
- Grease a baking dish with a little bit of butter and create the first layer starting with the meat sauce.
- Then add a layer of lasagna noodles. Continue with mozzarella, parmesan, béchamel and more bolognese.
- Cover with more lasagna noodles and continue until all ingredients are used up.
- In the last layer, mix a little bit of meat sauce together with some béchamel.
- To form a crust on the top layer, add lots of parmesan cheese and butter flakes.
- Place the baking dish in a hot 356 degrees F oven and bake for about 30-40 minutes. ( 20-30 minutes with aluminum foil and the last 10 without)
- The last 5 minutes of cooking put the oven to gril, it will form a delicious crust.
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