Do you like Italian food? Then be sure to check out the classic minced lasagna. This is an easy recipe for one of the world's most popular hearty meat dishes. A step-by-step recipe with a photo of how to make traditional lasagna at home.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step-by-step preparation of classic minced lasagna
- Video recipe
Classic minced lasagna is an amazingly delicious royal dish of Italian cuisine, which is loved by people outside the state and has gained recognition in many countries of the world. This is a hearty meal made with layers of pasta, meat filling and Bechamel sauce. Of course, lasagna is made in a wide variety of ways today. But the most delicious is always the classic lasagna, which is prepared both at home and in restaurants. After all, the technological process of its preparation is not at all complicated, although it requires some attention. But a step-by-step detailed recipe with a photo will help you repeat each stage of cooking lasagna without unnecessary difficulties. The dish is perfect for any celebration or Sunday dinner.
You can buy lasagna pasta sheets at any grocery store. But if you wish, you can do them yourself. Although special finished products will significantly reduce the cooking time. The main ingredient of the dish is meat, which is twisted in a meat grinder. Although you can buy ready-made minced meat. The type of meat is usually beef, but changes are possible. Pork or mixed minced meat is suitable, which is pre-fried with vegetables and tomatoes. The béchamel sauce permeates each layer of the lasagna during the baking process and makes the dish tender and creamy. Parmesan for sprinkling will successfully replace any hard cheese. It holds the layers of the dish together. The combination of all components will make the taste of lasagna incredibly deep and rich.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 315 kcal.
- Servings Per Container - 1 lasagne for 4 servings
- Cooking time - 1 hour 45 minutes
Ingredients:
- Pasta sheets - 9 pcs.
- Tomato paste - 2 tablespoons
- Cheese - 200 g
- Ground black pepper - a pinch
- Eggs - 1 pc.
- Meat - 700 g
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Milk - 250 ml
- Vegetable oil - for frying
- Basil - 2-3 sprigs
- Butter - 25 g
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Salt - 1 tsp or to taste
Step-by-step preparation of lasagna with classic minced meat, recipe with photo:
1. Wash the meat, cut off the film with veins and twist it through a meat grinder.
2. Peel the onions, wash and cut into small cubes. Peel and chop the garlic.
3. In a frying pan, heat the vegetable oil and put the minced meat to fry. Bring it to a light golden brown over medium heat.
4. Saute the onions in another skillet over medium heat until translucent.
5. In one large skillet, combine the fried onions with the meat. Add tomato paste, chopped garlic, chopped basil, salt, black pepper, any spices and herbs. You can put Italian spices, they will emphasize the taste of the lasagna.
6. Stir the food and simmer covered over low heat for 5 minutes.
7. In a frying pan, melt the butter and pour in the milk. Add a raw egg and 100 g of cheese shavings. Instead of cheese and eggs, you need to put a spoonful of wheat flour in the classic béchamel sauce. It will thicken the sauce and give it a creamy consistency.
8. Stir and heat the sauce until the cheese dissolves and becomes a homogeneous consistency.
9. Boil the lasagna pasta sheets in boiling water until almost cooked. See the cooking time on the manufacturer's packaging.
ten. Put the boiled pasta sheets on a plate so that the excess liquid is glass.
11. Cut the cooked sheets into a baking dish and place them in the baking dish.
12. Spread the minced meat evenly on top.
13. Pour the milk-cheese sauce over the minced meat.
14. Continue collecting lasagna: pasta sheets, minced meat and sauce. Sprinkle the last layer generously with cheese shavings. Heat the oven to 180 degrees and send the classic lasagna with minced meat to bake for half an hour. Cook for the first 20 minutes under a closed lid or foil, then remove it to brown the cheese. Serve the finished dish hot.
See also the video recipe on how to make the classic minced lasagna.
