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Classic Lasagna Recipe
Angie
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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Prep Time
20
minutes
mins
Cook Time
30
minutes
mins
Additional Time
3
hours
hrs
Total Time
3
hours
hrs
50
minutes
mins
Course
Recipes
Cuisine
Italian
Servings
8
portions
Calories
926
kcal
Ingredients
For the lasagna
1.1
lbs
Bolognese sauce
1.22
cups
Bechamel 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
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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