Beef Lasagna

Name: Beef Lasagna
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: Lasagna: 300 - 500 g; Beef, minced: 800 - 900 g; Butter: 60 g; Onion, chopped: 1; Garlic: 1 clove; Carrots, grinded: 3; Tomato puree: 500 g; Red wine: 200 mL; Mozzarella cheese, grinded: 250 g; Parmigiano, grated: 60 g; Bay leaves: 5 - 6; Salt; Pepper; Nutmeg

Cuisine:

Italian

A yummy treat for your taste buds.

2 h
Serves 4
Medium

Ingredients

300 - 500 g Lasagna
800 - 900 g Beef, minced
60 g Butter
1 Onion, chopped
1 clove Garlic
pressed through garlic press
3 Carrots, grinded
500 g Tomato puree
200 mL Red wine
250 g Mozzarella cheese, grinded
60 g Parmigiano, grated
5 - 6 Bay leaves
Salt
to taste
Pepper
to taste
Nutmeg

Directions

Click here for béchamel sauce recipe.

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Steps

1 Done	Beef sauce: Peel and chop the onion.
2 Done	On medium heat, melt the butter in a cooking pot.
3 Done	Add the onion and carrot and cook them until the onion becomes transparent. Be careful not to burn it.
4 Done	Add the minced beef, season it with salt and pepper, and cook everything until the beef becomes brownish.
5 Done	Add the wine, and increase the heat. Mix with a wooden spoon.
6 Done	Once the wine evaporates, add the tomato puree, bay leaves and nutmeg (if using).
7 Done	Cook the beef mixture for at least 30 min while stirring occasionally.
8 Done	Béchamel sauce Use the recipe from the link above.
9 Done	Lasagna: In a pot, bring to boil approximately 2 L of water.
10 Done	Add the lasagna one by one, and cook them for 2 min each. If you put more than one at once, keep them apart so they will not stick to each other.
11 Done	After cooking put the lasagna in a dish with cold water.
12 Done	Preparation: Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
13 Done	Assembling: Cover the bottom of the baking pan (40 cm x 20 cm) with with a few spoons of béchamel sauce.
14 Done	Put the lasagna on top of the béchamel sauce, cover it with beef mixture, and at the end add a few spoons of béchamel sauce. Repeat until you use all the beef mixture.
15 Done	Finish layering with lasagna, and cover it with béchamel sauce.
16 Done	Put the grinded mozzarella cheese on the béchamel sauce. Add the parmigiano.
17 Done	Baking: Bake the lasagna for approximately 30 - 45 min in a preheated oven. The cheese has to become golden brown.
18 Done	Let it cool for at least 15 min.
19 Done	Serving: Serve this delicious dish as it is or with a scoop of sour cream.
20 Done	Optional: For bacon lovers, you can include 50 - 100 g of bacon in the beef mixture.