Cooking with Peachy

“Lasagna is an Italian dish, which consists of a sequence of alternating sheets of pasta with ragù sauce, béchamel sauce and Parmesan cheese”

Difficulty: ★
Preparation time: 30 min
Cooking time: 3 hour
Servings: 10
Calories per serving: 297 kcal

Ingredients:

• Beef (minced) – 750 g (1.65 lb.)
• Tomato sauce – 700 ml (3 cups)
• Lasagna pasta – 200 g (7.05 oz.)
• Carrots (minced) – 150 g (5.29 oz.)
• Celery (minced) – 150 g (5.29 oz.)
• Onion (minced) – 100 g (3.53 oz.)
• Parmesan cheese (grated) – 100 g (3.53 oz.)
• Bechamel sauce – 500 ml (2 cups)
• Rosemary – 1 tbsp.
• Extra virgin olive oil – 3 tbsp.
• Salt – 1/2 tsp.
• Sugar – 1/2 tsp. (optional)

Directions:

1. Heat the olive oil in a deep pot and sauté the onion, carrots and celery for 10 minutes.
2. Add the beef and cook for 10 minutes.
3. Add sugar, salt, rosemary and tomato sauce, lower the heat and simmer for two hours, add water if needed.
4. Aside, boil the lasagna pasta for 2 minutes, one sheet at a time to avoid they stick together.
5. Once the tomato sauce is ready, lay in a baking pan a sequence of tomato sauce, Bechamel sauce and pasta.
6. Continue repeating the layers until finish with Bechamel sauce.
7. Sprinkle the Parmesan cheese on the top and bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C (356 °F) for 20 minutes.

Note: for Bechamel sauce recipe click here.