Step-by-step lasagne recipe *with pics*

[nabz]

Re: Step-by-step lasagne recipe with pics

looks amazing! :)

[queen_24]

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@Sehrysh

Lasagne

Ground Beef

ground beef (you can sub ground chicken as well)
diced onions
garlic (either paste or minced)
salt
black pepper
cayenne pepper (optional)
paprika powder
dried thyme
dried oregano
dried basil

Add a few tablespoons of oil to a pot, on medium-high heat, fry diced onions.

When onions are dark pink, add garlic paste or minced garlic, fry for a minute. Add ground beef and sauté.

Add the herbs and spices and cook.

If it starts to stick to the pot, add a bit of water. Saute until meat is browned.

Spinach/Ricotta

Diced onions
Minced garlic
Frozen spinach (you can use fresh as well)
Salt
Black Pepper
Cayenne pepper

Add a few teaspoons of oil to a pot, on medium-high heat, fry diced onions. When onions are dark pink, add garlic paste or minced garlic, fry for a minute. Add spinach and sauté. Add the seasonings and fry until spinach is wilted through. Place in refrigerator to cool down.

Shred mozzarella cheese.

Once the spinach mixture has cooled, mix in ricotta cheese and three-four tablespoons of shredded mozzarella cheese.

Bechamel sauce

2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 litre of milk (3 cups if only making a béchamel sauce) - use at least 2% milk, I personally find that whole milk or cream is too heavy. You can do half 2% and half whole milk if you’d like to increase the creaminess.
Nutmeg
Salt
Pepper

In a pot, melt butter on low-medium heat, add flour and stir constantly (bring heat up to medium). When you get a nutty smell and the ingredients are well-combined, add the milk (warm milk to lukewarm before adding to roux). Stir with a whisk to prevent any lumps from forming. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg.

Here is where you can either keep a bechamel sauce and layer it separately with a bolognese sauce (just add a prepared tomato pasta sauce to ground beef and simmer) or you can make a rose sauce out of the bechamel sauce base. This recipe uses a rose sauce to simplify things.

Rose sauce

Add a good prepared tomato pasta sauce to the béchamel sauce and let simmer, stirring to combine. It should thicken. If it is too thick, add milk to thin it out.

Boil lasagna noodles.

Take a large rectangular pan, lightly grease the bottom with oil and coat bottom of pan with several tablespoons of the rose sauce, then begin layering.

If you have a rose sauce, here is how the layers will be:

First layer: noodle, rose sauce, ground beef, mozzarella cheese

Second layer: noodle, rose sauce, ricotta cheese/spinach, light sprinkle of mozzarella cheese

Third layer: noodle, rose sauce, ground beef, mozzarella cheese

Fourth layer: noodle, rose sauce, mozzarella cheese

Cover pan with foil and bake at 375 degrees for 35-45 minutes. Remove from oven, let it rest for about 5-8 minutes and serve.

yummy

[Hadeel]

Re: Step-by-step lasagne recipe with pics

Looks good and stuff :hinna:

[Sehrysh]

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@Hadeel

Looks good and stuff :hinna:

Have I still not convinced you that lasagne is a gastronomical pleasure? I feel like a failure

[ninja_hattori]

Re: Step-by-step lasagne recipe with pics

Have I still not convinced you that lasagne is a gastronomical pleasure? I feel like a failure :(

Cann't we get a simple dawat.........:D

[Hadeel]

Re: Step-by-step lasagne recipe with pics

Have I still not convinced you that lasagne is a gastronomical pleasure? I feel like a failure :(

awww don't say that. :(

[MissChievous]

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Woohooooooooooooooooo!!

[queer]

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hai sherrish, everything looks good, but y so littal lassan in lassanga?

[Sehrysh]

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hai sherrish, everything looks good, but y so littal lassan in lassanga?

What do you mean so little lasagne - forgive me my blond moment for not understanding your cryptic comment.

[queer]

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lol nevermind, im just being silly. :\

lassan/lehsan = garlic?

[Sehrysh]

Re: Step-by-step lasagne recipe with pics

@queer

lol nevermind, im just being silly. :\

lassan/lehsan = garlic?

Well duh! If you had typed it lehsan I would have understood. And my lasagne had plenty of lassan/lehsan in it - like any true Italian’s is supposed to have

[Twinklestar]

Looks amazing! I have discovered no bake lasagna and my life is become much easier. I add an egg to ricotta cheese and add Parmesan cheese to that mixture. I alternate meat sauce that I make with keema and sauce, mozzarella cheese, no
Bake noodles, repeat until noodles are finished. Top off with meat sauce and cheese. Bake for 45 minutes covered with foil and 10 to 15 minute uncovered. I sometimes broil it for a couple minutes. It is delicious !