# Christmas Lasagna

A traditional Christmas lasagna recipe featuring both green and normal lasagna sheets, béchamel sauce, and a rich meat sauce.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- flour
- butter
- milk
- celery
- carrot
- onion
- garlic
- minced beef
- 1 glass wine
- tomato paste
- nutmeg
- fine salt
- coarse salt
- oil
- pepper
- broth
- lasagna sheets
- Parmesan

## Instructions

1. Put a pan with broth in the oven.
2. Add celery, carrots, onions, and garlic to the broth.
3. Pour some oil and add butter to the broth mixture.
4. For the béchamel sauce, put flour and butter in a pan, toasting the flour in the butter.
5. Heat milk in another pan, ensuring it does not boil.
6. Add the minced meat to the pan for the meat sauce.
7. Pour wine into the meat sauce.
8. Season the béchamel sauce with nutmeg.
9. Add tomato paste to the meat sauce for color and flavor.
10. Pour the broth into the meat sauce and mix.
11. Wait for the meat sauce to cook, even all night long if possible.
12. Start assembling the lasagna by spreading butter on the bottom of a pan.
13. Pour the béchamel sauce into the meat sauce and mix until creamy and slightly liquid.
14. Add a layer of meat sauce, then the first lasagna layer.
15. Add another layer of lasagna and more meat sauce, distributing it evenly.
16. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese, but not on all layers to avoid making it too salty.
17. Repeat layers, leaving some angles uncovered for crispiness.
18. Finish with a Parmesan rain on the last layer.
19. Put the lasagna in the oven at 200°C for 40 minutes.

## Equipment

- oven
- pan
- glass

## Tips

- Toasting the flour in butter is very important for béchamel sauce.
- Do not make the milk boil for the béchamel; it only needs to be warm.
- Be patient when making the meat sauce as it needs to cook for hours.
- Leave some angles of the lasagna uncovered to create crispy edges.
- You can prepare the meat sauce during Christmas Eve to save time on Christmas day.

## Source

- Original video: https://youtu.be/kNu1X5pS3BQ?si=PF0R-sNdLSzfMpeU
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/1d1cbf99-3818-4340-b208-a0074a42bf7e
- Extracted: 2025-12-24

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