Lasagna. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Drain noodles, and rinse with cold water. Cook noodles according to package directions; drain.
This is the classic lasagne alla Bolognese recipe from the Emilia region in Northern Italy.
The Bolognese sauce is made with a mixture of beef and pork mince.
The addition of prosciutto, red wine, cinnamon, and nutmeg make it truly authentic.
You can cook Lasagna using 20 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Lasagna
- You need of # ground beef.
- You need of # pork (or sweet sausage).
- Prepare of onion, minced.
- You need of garlic, crushed.
- It's of can crushed tomatoes.
- Prepare of can tomato sauce.
- Prepare of can tomato paste.
- Prepare of water, slightly less.
- Prepare of white sugar.
- Prepare of dried basil.
- Prepare of italian seasoning.
- It's of salt, divided.
- It's of black pepper.
- It's of fresh parsley, chopped (4 tsp dried).
- It's of lasagna noodles.
- Prepare of ricotta cheese.
- You need of egg.
- You need of mozzarella cheese, shredded.
- It's of parmesan cheese, grated.
- You need of Crushed red pepper flakes, optional.
Lasagna is one of those dishes that firms up a lot as it sets. Even though it might look like a cheesy, bubbly mess in the oven, if it's warmed all the way through it will be perfect once you let. Drain and pat dry the noodles. Overlap one third of the noodles atop the sauce to cover the pan bottom.
Lasagna instructions
- In a Dutch oven, cook beef, pork, onion, and garlic over medium heat until browned. Stir in the crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce and water. Add the sugar, basil, Italian seasoning, 1 tsp salt, pepper and 2T parsley (2 tsp dried). Add the red pepper flakes if using. Simmer, covered, for 1 1/2 hours. Stir occasionally..
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook the noodles for 10 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water. In a small bowl, mix the ricotta cheese, egg, 2T parsley (2 tsp dried) and 1/2 tsp salt..
- Preheat oven to 375°..
- Spray a 13"x9" baking dish with cooking spray. Spread 1 1/2C of meat sauce on the bottom. Put a single layer of noodles over the meat sauce. Spread with 1/2 of the cheese mixture. Top with 1C of mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle with some of the parmesan cheese. Repeat layers 2 times and the top will be the cheeses. Cover with sprayed foil to prevent the cheese sticking to it..
- Bake for 25 minutes. Remove the foil and bake an additional 25 minutes. Cool for 15-20 minutes before cutting into your lasagna..
- I had an 8oz roll of mozzarella cheese on hand, so I sliced it and put it on the cheese layers..
Spread all the cooked sausage over the noodles and spoon over another cup of sauce. This classic lasagna is made with an easy meat sauce as the base. Layer the sauce with noodles and cheese, then bake until bubbly! This is great for feeding a big family, and freezes well, too. Bring a large pot of water to a boil.