How To Make The Perfect Lasagne
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How To Make The Perfect Lasagne
- Serves:
- 4
- Preparation Time:
- 30 minutes
- Cooking Time:
- 3 hours
- Total Time:
- 3 hours 30 minutes
- Oven Temperature:
- 180° c - 360° f
Step 1: Preparation
- 300 g beef mince
- 150 g pork mince
- 100 g pork saussage
- 300 g peeled tomatos
- 150 g vegetable mix (carrot, onion, celery)
- 2 glasses red wine, ideally valpolicella or sangiovese
- salt
- pepper
- olive oil
- 30 g unsalted butter
- 2 tbsp while flour
- nutmeg
- 50 g grated parmesan
- 500 ml milk
Step 2: Heat
We will begin by heating the vegetable mix with a tablespoon of olive oil on a low fire for about three minutes. We will stir the ingredients as it cooks, and then we will add the beef and the pork mincemeat.
We then add salt and pepper and mix it together. Let the ingredients simmer slowly for six to eight minutes. We can then add the tomato peel, but keep mixing it to make a good mix.
We will then add the laurel and two glasses of red wine. We let it cook on a low fire for two hours, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon. If the sauce becomes too thick, we can add a measure of beef bouillon.
Step 3: Bechamel Sauce
For the bechamel, which we will mix into the meat sauce to create a rich, savoury filling for the pasta, we will need the following: 30 grams of unsalted butter, 2 tablespoonfuls of white flour, 50 grams of grated parmesan, half a litre of milk, some nutmeg to grate and some salt.
Step 4: Casserole
We will then melt the butter first in a casserole over a low fire, and then add the milk, the flour, and begin to stir vigorously. We then grate the nutmeg to give it flavour.We add the rest of the flour, and as it cooks we continue stirring with some force to avoid lumps.
Step 5: Lasagne Pasta
Now for the pasta.We need 250 grams of fresh lasagne pasta. We will cook each individual lasagne in salted boiling water for one minute. After that, we will lay the pasta strips to dry on a cotton canvas.
Step 6: Layering the Lasagne
And finally, it's time to put it all together. We will start by applying a thin coating of unsalted butter and cover it with a layer of cooked pasta.
We will then spread a couple of spoonfuls of bechamel, meat sauce, and grated parmesan over it. Then we will lay another lasagne on top and add the bechamel, the meat sauce, and the parmesan as before.
And finally, it's time to put it all together. We will start by applying a thin coating of unsalted butter and cover it with a layer of cooked pasta. We will then spread a couple of spoonfuls of bechamel, meat sauce, and grated parmesan over it. Then we will lay another lasagne on top and add the bechamel, the meat sauce, and the parmesan as before. We will continue adding these layers until the casserole is filled. On the last layer, we apply meat sauce, parmesan, and add a few drops of unsalted butter.
Step 7: Serve
In the meantime, we'll have warmed up the oven for a few minutes at 200 degrees. We cook the lasagne in the over for 35 minutes at 180 degrees. The top layer may be grilled for a few minutes before removing the casserole from the oven. Now be careful because it's hot, and the perfect lasagne are ready. Slice it up, serve it hot, and buon appetito.
Tips & Comments
not the way my nonna did it man. wrong oh so wrong.
This is the Lasagna made by the Northern Italians. They use nutmeg, wine and beschamel sauce. The Southern Italians make their ragu with tomatoe sauce and tiny meatballs. Mozzarella and parmesan cheese. But I found this recipe very good. I often make it this way. I don't use onion or garlic in the sauce. PS. Another thing, once you boil the pasta, place it in a bowl with cold water and then let dry. Ciao
Nobody has commented on the "tomato peel" he talks about. I'm guessing everyone understands what he means since the picture is more accurate. This recipe is much more bland than the one I would make.
someone said no mozzarella or ricotta, well we also are italians and so much depends on from where we all came naples, sicily,rome etc etc and then where to new york maybe then another whole b*****dized version, so all are correct depending what kind of italian you are and what mama used to cook, for me def mozz and ricotta and no bechamel and either a meat lasagna or no meat lasagna we had none in but either meatballs or sweet sausage on the side thats my 2 cents ps we always used pecorino romano, its so much better than parm we feel
Look for Lasagna at www.ifoods.tv He makes it really nice
Tried this and my family said it was dull!This will rile the italians but my family prefer my recipe of ground beef,dry fried and drained onion,garlic,mushrooms,passata,bouillon,fresh thyme leaves. Sauce:low fat creme fraiche,parmesan,motz.Don't be giving me the 'just like mamma use to make' fing, my mum's from Yorkshire and her yorkshire pudding is crap!
nothing much
No really I'm the real Italian and this is not the way to make a Lasagne we use tomato sauce little meatballs made with minced meat boiled eggs grated or chopped mozzarella parmesan cheese and diffinately no bescamel and finish the layers with just tomato sauce and parmesan cheese now thats a real lasagne just lika mamma justa make. Try it you'll love it!
Use lamb instead of beef - cows are sacred!
This looks like a proper lasagne, not sure about the sausages unless there Italian. Good to find it not awash with cheese