Recipe for lasagna
Minced meat lasagna recipe
I finally got myself together and prepared a lasagna recipe for you, or more Italian – for lasagne. This is a very popular dish from Italian cuisine and my son’s favorite. How to make lasagna and what is it? Lasagne is, in short, a pasta casserole with minced meat and cheese. You will need special lasagna pasta for it – these are large flat pasta sheets that you can get in larger stores. So stock up on ingredients and prepare lasagna with me :)
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Lasagna recipe with meat and tomatoes step by step
See my recipe for lasagna with minced meat, béchamel and tomato sauce. This Italian casserole is a great dinner idea for the whole family. I guarantee everyone will love it!
Lasagna with minced meat recipe
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- Rectangular ovenproof dish.
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ingredients for meat sauce for lasagna
ingredients for béchamel sauce for lasagna
- 750 ml milk
- 75 g butter
- 3 tablespoons wheat flour
- 0.5 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
- 0.5 teaspoon pepper (or to taste)
- 2-3 pinches nutmeg
additionally
- 200 g cheese (more or less – grated)
- 1 package pasta (for lasagna)
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How to make minced meat for lasagna
- Place the minced meat in a large pan – add a flat teaspoon of salt, pepper, and basil, add garlic pressed through a press – fry the meat.500 g minced meat, 2 teaspoons salt, 2 teaspoons pepper, 2 teaspoons basil, 1 teaspoon oregano
- Add tomato passata to the meat – mix thoroughly.500 ml passata
- Season the sauce with a teaspoon of salt, pepper, oregano, and basil.
- Add a little sugar and cinnamon – this will enhance the flavor of the tomatoes.1 teaspoon sugar, 2 pinches cinnamon
- Check the sauce and, if necessary, season with more salt and pepper.
How to make béchamel sauce for lasagna
- Melt the butter in a pot, add the flour to it and mix until combined.75 g butter, 3 tablespoons wheat flour
- Pour in some of the milk and mix so that the flour and butter are well combined.750 ml milk
- Pour in the rest of the milk, add spices – cook until the sauce thickens slightly.0.5 teaspoon salt, 0.5 teaspoon pepper, 2-3 pinches nutmeg
How to make lasagna step by step
- If you want to pre-cook the pasta, heat water in a wide saucepan – cook 3-4 pasta sheets at a time – as much as needed for one layer. I cook them for a maximum of 3 minutes.1 package pasta
- Spread some of the béchamel sauce in the baking dish.
- Layer the pasta sheets over the sauce.
- Spread béchamel over the pasta.
- Layer about half of the meat sauce, and sprinkle grated cheese on top.200 g cheese
- Arrange a second layer of pasta and spread béchamel over it.
- Layer the rest of the meat sauce and sprinkle cheese over it.
- Arrange a third layer of pasta, spread béchamel over it, and finally sprinkle with grated cheese.
- Place the lasagna in an oven preheated to 200 degrees (top/bottom mode) and bake for about 35-40 minutes.
- After baking, divide into portions and serve hot.
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Lasagna with meat – notes
I’ve wanted to give you my lasagna recipe for a long time, but it kept slipping my mind. Finally, I got myself together, took photos, and prepared a detailed recipe for you. Here I present my version of this dish. The way I’ve been making it for years and how we like it best. I’ve come across recipes where various vegetables are added to the meat sauce, but that won’t work with my children. That’s why the recipe is as simple as possible!
How to make Italian minced meat lasagna – tips
It’s not difficult or time-consuming, but it requires a bit of organization. I start by preparing the meat sauce – first I fry the meat itself, and then I fry it for a while longer with tomato passata. In the meantime, I prepare the béchamel – I always make a lot of it because we like its taste. With these two sauces, you can proceed to “assembling” the lasagna. You will need special pasta here – in the form of large rectangular pieces of pasta.
Do you need to pre-cook lasagna pasta?
I do it differently – if I have time, I pre-cook the pasta for 2-3 minutes – then it’s easier to arrange in the baking dish. If I don’t have time, or I don’t feel like bothering – then I use it dry. The béchamel and meat sauce are moist enough that the pasta soaks them up and softens during baking. I spread béchamel on the pasta layers, and on the meat sauce, I put some grated cheese – it can be mozzarella, or even gouda. This portion makes three layers of pasta.
My children love lasagna so much that we eat the whole thing at once (you don’t want to know how many calories that is – you really don’t). For smaller eaters, this portion is enough for 6 people.
I encourage you to try my other dinner recipes, and especially pasta dishes.
By the way, I recommend my Instagram profile, where you can easily save my recipes for later.
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Minced meat lasagna recipe
The recipe for lasagna with minced meat and tomato and béchamel sauces is often used by me. My children absolutely love Italian lasagna. If they could, they would eat it every week. Unfortunately, such lasagna has a lot of calories, so I don't make it as often as they would like :) But from time to time, such homemade lasagna is a great idea for a delicious dinner. Its preparation is a bit time-consuming and generates a lot of dishes to wash, but if you organize the work stages well, you will make lasagna without much problem. My detailed step-by-step recipe will guide you through the preparation process without much problem.
lasagna ingredients
The recipe for Italian lasagna requires basic ingredients, but you need to get special lasagna pasta. These are large rectangular sheets of pasta dough, which are layered with meat sauce and béchamel sauce. If you can't find such pasta, or you have a little less time, you can make my broccoli and minced meat casserole - it's a simplified version of lasagna. Save this lasagna recipe, because I think it will come in handy more than once!
Italian lasagna
The lasagna recipe is not difficult, although it may seem so at first. With my detailed lasagna recipe, everything will go smoothly. The most important thing here is to plan everything in advance. Prepare the Bolognese sauce for lasagna beforehand - I make the same sauce for spaghetti Bolognese. In a pot, prepare the béchamel sauce - made from the ingredients I provided, it will turn out perfectly. Even my children can make béchamel sauce for lasagna! Having ready meat sauce and béchamel, you're basically halfway there :) You'll have the lasagna recipe down pat :) Now all you have to do is spread béchamel on the lasagna pasta sheets, pour meat sauce over them, sprinkle with cheese and bake! I guarantee that you will use this lasagna recipe more than once! Because a good lasagna recipe is key. Then you can introduce your own flavor versions and additions :)
Also try my other dinner recipes - from Italian cuisine I recommend pizza dough recipe, sun-dried tomato sauce for pasta, spaghetti aglio olio or focaccia.
