# Mama's Best Lasagna

This is a recipe for Mama's Best Lasagna, yielding 12 servings and taking 2 hours and 5 minutes to prepare.

- Servings: 12 servings
- Total time: 125 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 carrot, finely diced
- 4 cloves garlic cloves, minced
- 24 ounces ground beef mince
- 10 ounces ground pork mince, or beef
- 24 ounces crushed tomatoes
- 14 ounces Passata
- 3 heaped tablespoons tomato paste, (I use garlic and herbs flavoured)
- 2 beef or vegetable bouillon cubes, (crushed)
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano and basil
- 1 1/2 teaspoon sugar, (if desired)
- salt and pepper, (season to your tastes)
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1 1/4 cup all purpose or plain flour
- 3 cups milk
- 1 cup fresh lasagna sheets
- 1 cup Parmesan cheese, freshly shredded
- 17 ounces mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 2 tablespoons fresh mozzarella cheese
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon yellow prepared mustard
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons Barbecue Sauce Heinz Classic Original
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 7.5 oz Tofu
- 0.5 cup Mixed vegetables
- 1.5 tsp Nutritional Yeast
- 0.5 tsp Dijon mustard
- 0.5 tsp Garlic powder
- 0.5 tsp Onion powder
- 0.25 tsp Turmeric
- 0.25 tsp Cumin, ground
- 0.5 dash Salt
- 0.5 stalk Onions
- 0.5 tsp Pepper or hot sauce
- 1 serving bell pepper

## Instructions

1. Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat.
2. Add in the onion and carrot and cook for 5 minutes.
3. Add in the garlic and sauté for about 1 minute, until fragrant.
4. Add beef and pork (if using) and cook while breaking it up with the back of a wooden spoon.
5. Pour in the Passata, crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, crushed bouillon cubes, oregano and basil. Bring to a simmer, then reduce heat to low and gently simmer.
6. Season with desired amount of salt and pepper (I use salt and pepper to taste) and sugar.
7. Adjust salt, pepper and dried herbs to your taste.
8. In a large pot, melt butter over medium heat.
9. Remove from hot plate and whisk in the flour until well blended.
10. Place pot back onto stove, reduce heat down to low and slowly whisk in half of the milk until smooth and lump free from lumps.
11. If the sauce is too thick, add a little more milk. If it's too thin, increase heat to medium and continue cooking sauce while stirring occasionally until it reaches desired consistency.
12. Add in the parmesan cheese and remove from heat.
13. Season with salt and pepper.
14. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
15. Spread 1 cup of meat sauce on the base of a 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
16. Layer over the meat (if needed) with 2 cups of meat sauce (or more, depending on your pan) and then a layer of mozzarella cheese.
17. Repeat layering using the remaining cheese for the top layer.
18. Bake in oven for 30 minutes, or until golden brown and bubbly.
19. Let cool slightly before serving.
20. Drain excess water off of tofu.
21. Using a spatula or potato masher, break tofu up into thick chunks in a skillet.
22. Cook over medium-high heat for 3-4 minutes, until the tofu releases its water.
23. Add remaining ingredients (except green onions and hot sauce), stirring to combine.
24. Continue to cook and stir for another 5-10 minutes, breaking tofu chunks into smaller pieces so the consistency resembles scrambled eggs.
25. Add a splash of additional salt and pepper to taste, and serve topped with green onion and hot sauce if desired.
26. Once the tofu has the right consistency, is yellow in color and everything is thoroughly warm, turn off heat.

## Equipment

- large pot
- skillet
- spatula
- potato masher
- 9 x 13 inch baking dish
- oven

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMqPtykD/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/679216b6-9e33-4ae3-ace8-8ed219648f28
- Extracted: 2025-11-02

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