Beth’s Homemade Lasagna Recipe (VIDEO)
Learn how to make an easy lasagna recipe that is perfect for a Sunday Night Dinner. Makes enough lasagna to feed 10-12 people or makes for great leftovers too.
BETH’S LASAGNA RECIPE
Serves 12
For Meat Sauce:
2 tbsp (30 ml) olive oil
1 cup (240 ml) yellow onion, diced
½ cup (120 ml) carrots, diced
1/3 cup (80 ml) celery, diced
salt and pepper to taste
½ pound (230 g) ground beef
½ pound (230 g) Italian pork sausage
½ tsp (2.5 ml) salt
freshly cracked pepper to taste
2 tsp (10 ml) Italian Seasoning
¼ tsp (1.25ml) fennel seed
1 can/15 oz (445 ml) diced tomatoes
1 can/15 oz (445 ml) tomato sauce
¼ cup (60 ml) tomato paste
1 cup (240 ml) white wine or chicken or vegetable broth
2 cloves garlic
For Béchamel Sauce:
3 tbsp (32 g) unsalted butter
3 tbsp (32 g) flour
3 cups (700 ml) milk
1 tsp (5 ml) salt
pinch of nutmeg
2 tsp (10 ml) fresh thyme, minced
2 cloves garlic
2 ½ cups (595 ml) Italian Blend Cheese, Shredded
1 package Fresh Lasagna noodles (12 noodles total to make 3 layers)
METHOD:
In a large sauce pot heat olive oil and sauté onion, carrots and celery for 3-5 mins until fragrant and translucent.
Add beef, sausage, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning and fennel seeds and brown meat until cooked through completely. Add wine or broth and allow to simmer until reduced by 1/3.
Add diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, and tomato paste, stir to combine with meat and veggies. Add garlic.
Simmer meat sauce for 30 mins. Meanwhile, prepare the béchamel sauce.
In a large sauté pan melt the butter, once foamy add the flour. Whisk until it forms into a paste, cook by whisking for 1 minute. Then slowly add the milk, whisking all the while until a creamy sauce develops. Cook this mixture, until a soft boil and sauce thickens. Remove from heat.
Add salt, nutmeg, thyme, and garlic. Stir to combine and set aside.
Then take out a 9×13 oven-safe casserole dish that has been lightly greased. Add 1 ladle of béchamel sauce in the bottom, and smooth to cover bottom of the dish.
Then place a layer of noodles, 4 sheets touching each other. And add 1 ladle of meat sauce for each noodle, top with ¼ cup of Béchamel Sauce for each quadrant, and sprinkle with 1/2 cup of cheese on top.
Peat this process 2 more times creating 3 layers. But on last layer add a full cup of the cheese. A little cracked pepper and a sprinkle of the Italian seasoning.
Bake at 325F for 45-55 mins until cheese is golden brown. Slice into squares and pair with a tossed green salad.