Christmas Lasagna
Directions
- 1Dice the onion.
- 2Add the diced onion to a pan.
- 3Dice the carrots.
- 4Add the diced carrots to the pan with the onions.
- 5Dice the celery.
- 6Add the diced celery to the pan with the onions and carrots.
- 7Season with salt.
- 8Add basil leaves, ripped by hand, to the pan.
- 9Add the ground beef and ground pork to the pan.
- 10Stir the meat and vegetables in the pan.
- 11Deglaze the pan with white wine.
- 12Remove the garlic clove from the pan.
- 13Add the whole peeled tomatoes to the pan.
- 14Squash the tomatoes with a potato masher.
- 15Season the sauce with salt.
- 16Cover the pan and let it simmer for another hour.
- 17Melt butter in a small pot to make the béchamel sauce.
- 18Add flour to the melted butter and whisk.
- 19Gradually add room temperature milk while whisking constantly.
- 20Grate nutmeg into the béchamel sauce.
- 21Add a pinch of salt to the béchamel sauce.
- 22Spread a thin layer of tomato meat sauce at the bottom of the baking dish.
- 23Place lasagna sheets over the sauce.
- 24Spread a layer of tomato meat sauce over the lasagna sheets.
- 25Spread a layer of béchamel sauce over the meat sauce.
- 26Grate Parmigiano Reggiano cheese over the béchamel sauce.
- 27Continue layering with lasagna sheets, meat sauce, béchamel, and Parmigiano Reggiano until all sheets are used.
- 28Add extra Parmigiano Reggiano on the top layer.
- 29Cover the baking dish and put it in the oven for 40 minutes.
- 30Cut and serve the lasagna.
- 31Garnish with fresh basil leaves.
Ingredients
- 1 whole onions
- a few carrots
- a few celery
- a bowl whole peeled tomatoes San Marzano
- a portion ground beef
- a portion ground pork
- a glass white wine
- 1 clove garlic
- a pinch salt
- a handful basil
- a piece butter
- a bowl flour
- a jug milk
- a pinch nutmeg
- a few lasagna sheets
- a block Parmigiano Reggiano
Equipment
cutting boardknifepanwooden spoonpotwhiskgraterbaking dishspatula
Tips
- Rip the basil by your bare hands.
- If you're angry, take it out on the whole peeled tomatoes.
- It doesn't have to be fresh pasta, it can also be boxed dry lasagna sheets, I don't judge.
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