Easy Homemade Lasagna Recipe - Classic Dinner
Don't be afraid of the number of ingredients. This is the most simple Lasagna recipe you can find. Really. Give it a chance. It's just some layers of noodles combined with white sauce, meat sauce, and cheese that can be a great dinner for a special day.
Ingredients
Instructions:
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Chop the onion and sauté with some oil over medium heat.
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Peel and crush the garlic and add it to the sautéing onion.
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When the color of the onion changes, add the minced meat.
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Sauté the minced meat with onion and garlic until the color turns.
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Add salt, pepper, paprika, oregano, and thyme, then sauté them amidst the mix.
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Add tomato paste, chopped tomato, and mashed tomato to the meat and mix well.
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Add half of the water and mix again.
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Put the lid and let it cook over low heat.
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While cooking the meat sauce, you can prepare the white sauce according to the recipe linked in the ingredients list.
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Finally, the meat sauce of the lasagna is ready, and you can start the next steps.
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I used semi-finished lasagna noodles, which I only had to put in water for five minutes to soften. If your lasagna (according to its recipe) needs cooking, then do as it says on the package.
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Rub one or two tablespoons of white sauce on the bottom of your dish with the back of a spoon.
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Cut the noodles to your dish's size and place a layer on the bottom of the container.
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Pour a few tablespoons of meat sauce atop the noodles and spread.
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Pour two tablespoons of béchamel sauce over the meat.
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Add a layer of grated cheeses.
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Repeat the previous four steps until your dish is full or you run out of lasagna noodles.
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After putting in lasagna noodles as the last layer, add enough sauce to cover the whole top and cover the sauce with cheeses.
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Cover the container with aluminum foil and place it in a preheated oven at 350 Fahrenheit for 50 minutes.
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Remove the aluminum foil after 40 minutes and let the top layer roast for the last 10 minutes.
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Finally, let it cool a little bit before you cut it.
Cook Detail
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Tips and tricks
- Covering the top layer with aluminum foil ensures the cheese remains soft and elastic since it protects it from overheating and getting too dry.
- Be careful. It's impossible to cut the hot lasagna as soon as you take it out of the oven and get a beautifully shaped slice. Because the hot molten cheese between layers let the noodles slide with ease. To have a lovely lasagna, be sure to let it cool, and the cheese is a little bit solidified.
Background & History
Lasagna has made people happy to discover it for centuries. My lasagna has always been delicious since the first time I made it. So do not doubt this command and make it.