Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Best Ever Lasagna

Ingredients
lasagna sheets
buffalo mozzarella, torn
grated parmesan
ricotta
spinach
For Meat Sauce...
1/2 onion
1 garlic clove
1 carrot
1 celery stalk
olive oil
salt and pepper
1 lbs ground grass fed beef
1 lbs ground pork
1/3 cup white wine
1 can plum tomatoes
500g tomato pure
1/2 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon sugar
5 basil leaves
1 mint leaf
For béchamel...
2oz butter
4 tablespoons flour
20 oz milk
salt and pepper


To make meat sauce...
Finely chop carrot, celery, onion, and garlic. Heat olive oil in a heavy based pan and add vegetables and cook until softened about 5 minutes. Add ground meat,use wooden spoon to separate into chunks and cook until no longer pink but don't brown, season with salt and pepper. Add wine, then cook off for about 1 minute. Next add can tomatoes, puree, vinegar, and sugar. Stir to combine continue to simmer for 10 minutes then add chopped basil and mint leaves stir in then remove from heat. 
Preheat oven to 190 C (350 F).
Boil a kettle full of water. Lay sheets of pasta in a baking tray then cover with boiling water. Let the pasta sit in the water for 15 minutes then remove sheets from water and place on a plate.


To make béchamel...
Melt butter in a pot over medium heat,add flour and continuously whisk until a ball forms,about two minutes. Remove from heat and slowly add milk while continuously whisking. Return to heat and keep whisking until sauce thickens and becomes silky smooth. Add salt, pepper, and nutmeg. 


Assembling lasagna...
First spread a layer of meat sauce on the bottom of baking dish. Then top with a layer of pasta sheets. Next spread over another layer of meat sauce, then a layer of béchamel. Randomly dollop with chunks of ricotta, then sprinkle over a layer of spinach leaves. Begin pattern again starting with pasta sheets, then meat sauce, béchamel, ricotta, and spinach. Finish assembly with one more layer of pasta, meat sauce, and béchamel. Then top the whole lasagna with a sprinkling of parmesan and mozzarella. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes until the top is golden in color. Let lasagna sit for 10 minutes then serve.

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