Making Lasagna - Step by Step Delicious Recipe

Описание: Hello Everyone, today I am making my Ultimate Lasagna Recipe while I am on vacation in the mountains with my family. They all enjoyed it so I hope if you decide to make it for your family they will love it just as much. I hope you have a Blessed day and let me know in the comments other dishes you would like to see me make in the kitchen.

Ingredients:
Bolognese sauce:
*create" mirepoix " which is a term for sauteed aromatic vegetable used a base in some classic dishes .
Step 1: Mirepoix:
Two stalks of celery
two peeled carrots regular size
1 small onion
1 bulb of garlic
1 small bunch of parsley or basil
Mince all veggies and aromatics
In saucepan with olive oil you will saute all veggies except garlic for about 8 minutes until they begin to soften add garlic in the last 2 minutes to prevent burning. You will be using a slotted spoon to transfer your Mirepoix into your prepared meat.

Bolognese "meat sauce" recipe:

Step 1:
In a deep frying pan break up one and a half pounds of ground beef and one package of Italian sausage sweet or hot according to your preference.
Add two tablespoons of Italian seasoning 1 teaspoon each of salt and pepper and Fry until browned. As meat is fine break up the mate with a flat-ended spatula until it is crumbled well. When meat is browned use a slotted spoon and drain it into a deep pan that you will make you Bolognese sauce in. (You will use the remaining oil in your saucepan to fry or saute your veggies. Saute your vegetables until they begin to soften which will take about 8 to 10 min add the garlic at the last 2 minutes or so to prevent burning. When your vegetables are softened use a slotted spoon to transfer them to the meat pan.
You will begin to build your meat sauce by adding your tomato products at this point to the deep pan.

You will need:
20 oz can of crushed tomatoes
14 oz of diced tomatoes
14 oz of whole tomatoes and
1 -24 can ounce can or jar of prepared spaghetti sauce or marinara; any brand of your choice.
Add to meat stir and simmer Bolognese sauce for 2-3 hours
minimum. Your meat sauce may prepared a day or so in advance and refrigerated until you are ready to make your lasagna.

step 2:
Ricotta filling:
In the in a separate bowl add:
16 oz of whole milk ricotta cheese
2 eggs
1/2 cup of fresh grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup of fresh basil or parsley
1 tsp each of salt and pepper.
Stir all ingredients together until well Incorporated and set aside.

Step 3 Bechemel :
(white sauce)
6tablespoons butter
6 tbsp flour
3 cups of milk
1 teaspoon each of sea salt and pepper,
or to your taste
*A pinch of grated nutmeg optional
In a saucepan on Medium heat melt your butter once better is completely melted whisk and 6 tbsp of flour and stir constantly for about 1 minute until your mixture begins to slightly bubble begin to stir whisking your milk until your sauce begins to thicken. This will take a minute or so once your sauce begins to thicken into the consistency of gravy, stir in the cheese and remove it for heat until needed.

Step 4:
prepare 1 lb of lasagna noodles as per package taking 2 minutes off the instructed cooking time, drain and set aside. It is preferable to layer noodles flat if you are not going to prepare the dish immediately to prevent sticking.

Step 5:
Grate fresh mozzarella cheese Parmesan cheese to make 5 to 6 cups of shredded cheese.
You may also use a any other Italian cheese you choose. I chose to use a 16 oz bag of blended Italian cheeses which included various cheeses like asiago fontina and Parmesan.

Assembly:
In a large casserole dish at least 9 x 13
Spoon some of the meat sauce on the bottom of the casserole dish layer the lasagna noodles slightly overlapping spread bechamel sauce over the noodles lightly covering. Spoon a generous layer of the meat sauce over your bechamel, sprinkle a layer of shredded cheese.
Add a second layer of noodles and spread with ricotta cheese mixture and shredded cheese, top this with another layer of meat sauce and repeat another as per this instructions,ending with 4th layer of ricotta and meat sauce topped with shredded cheese. Cover loosely with aluminum tent or place toothpicks over the top of the casserole to prevent foil from sticking to the cheese. Bake 45 minutes covered and carefully remove hot dish from oven and top with more cheese and bake additional 20 minutes until bubbly and golden. You may also choose to put under broiler for about 3 minutes watching carefully to brown casserole
quickly . Casserole will be very hot and also very heavy so be very careful and use appropriate hot pads to remove.
Let your casserole sit about 10 minutes to set.
Bon Apetito

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