Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, classic lasagna. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Make this classic lasagna recipe zestier by using hot Italian sausage or a little milder with regular Italian sausage. Don't be scared off by the long cooking time. The wait is well worth it. It's a great dish to make for a crowd and easy to adjust for varying tastes.
Classic Lasagna is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Classic Lasagna is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have classic lasagna using 18 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Classic Lasagna:
- Get 10 sheets No-boil Lasagna Noodles
- Prepare 250 g Ricotta Cheese
- Take 3 heads Fresh Parsely
- Prepare 1 Raw egg
- Take 500 g Ground Beef/Pork
- Get 1 tsp Fennel Seeds
- Make ready 3 cans Whole Tomatoes
- Make ready 6 cloves Garlic
- Take 1 pack Fresh Basil
- Take 1 Large Onion
- Make ready 2 tbsp Dried Oregano
- Get 3 heads Fresh Spinash
- Prepare 50 g Bacon
- Make ready 100 g Mozzarella
- Take 2 tbsp Grated Parmigiano Cheese
- Make ready Italian Parsely
- Make ready Salt/Pepper
- Take Olive Oil
We love the cheese combinations of this recipe: shredded mozzarella, cottage cheese or ricotta, Parmesan, and mozzarella slices. Yes, each cheese has a reason to be in this recipe. In a large casserole pot or Dutch over, heat oil over medium high heat. Add celery and carrots and season with salt.
Steps to make Classic Lasagna:
- Cheese Layer: Finely cut the fresh basil. In large stainless bowl, mix basil, ricotta cheese, and egg. Set off to side for later.
- Meat Sauce Layer 1: On medium heat in a large frying pan, add olive oil and grill ground meat, add fennel seeds and salt/pepper. After meat is completely browned, use spoon to remove any excess watery fat.
- Meat Sauce Layer 2: In a separate frying pan on medium heat, add olive oil, canned tomatoes, & chopped onions, garlic, fresh basil, and oregano. Bring to a soft simmer.
- Meat Sauce Layer 3: Add all of the meat into the tomato frying pan and simmer for another 5 min. then remove from heat and set off to the side. Don't wash the meat frying pan.
- Spinach Layer: Add more olive oil to the meat frying pan and simmer the bacon. Once lightly browned, add in finely chopped spinach and heat until the spinach is soft.
- Build it 1: In a glass baking pan, coat the bottom with olive oil and add 2 sheets of lasagna (3 sheets if you have a larger pan). Completely cover the sheets with a layer (1/3 of total) of meat sauce. Add 2 more sheets on top.
- Build it 2: Completely cover with the ricotta cheese layer. Add 2 more sheets on top. Add another meat sauce layer and 2 more sheets.
- Build it 3: Add the spinach layer, 2 sheets, then top off with the remainder of the meat sauce.
- Top with mozzarella & parmigiano cheeses, cover in foil and bake at 250C for 30 min.
- Remove from oven, garnish on top with fresh Italian parsley and serve!
- I made a recipe video that you can view on the Japanese site: https://cookpad.com/recipe/4945728
In a large casserole pot or Dutch over, heat oil over medium high heat. Add celery and carrots and season with salt. The BEST Classic Lasagna Ever has layers of sautéed ground beef and Italian sausage that are cooked together, sweet tomato sauce, Italian seasoning all layered with lasagna noodles then covered in ricotta cheese and a parmesan mixture all sprinkled with mozzarella cheese for a mouthwatering baked Italian dinner. My family first tasted this rich, homemade lasagna recipe at a friend's home on Christmas Eve. We were so impressed that it became our own holiday tradition as well.
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