Monday, November 20, 2006

My Lasagna

Ok... here it is... my lasagna. it's easy, and very good. But it's still going under some changes. as always with my recipes :)
Hope you like it!

Lasagna

Noodles:
1-2 boxes of no boil (oven ready) lasagna noodles


Meat sauce:
3/4 lb Ground Pork
2 lb Ground Beef (was a tube of meat) - leaner the better as we will not be browning the meat but cooking it in the tomato sauce.
2 Medium onions
3-4 stalks celery
?? 3-4 cloves garlic (omitted last time, and missed the flavor)
2 jars of 'Ragu' (used the mushroom type)
salt/pepper



Cream sauce:
1 tub of ricotta cheese
2 eggs
?? spinach (not added last time but could use the texture)
1 frozen box of spinach (thawed and drained (squeeze well))
salt/pepper
?? maybe omit salt and use anchovie paste instead ??
1/2 tub Romano cheese


1 Block of Mozzarella cheese (500gm) - sliced
1/2 tub Romano cheese (maybe asiago)


Saute onions and celery until slightly opaque
add meat and turn heat down as to NOT brown meat, but to slightly cook it. Add 1 jar of the Ragu sauce. bring to just shy of a boil. Add 2nd jar of sauce. Bring to just shy of a boil again, then reduce heat to simmer. Heat sauce until meat is cooked.
Meanwhile mix ricotta, eggs, Romano, salt and pepper in bowl, set aside.

In oval roasting pan or 13"x9" baking dish, put shallow layer of sauce.
Layer noodles breaking some to fill gaps made by oval pan. Add layer of sauce on top. Add layer of ricotta/spinach mix, another layer of noodles. Add layer of sauce. Add layer of sliced mozzarella. Another layer of noodles. Alternate layers ending with layer of sauce OR noodles, and coat with mix of mozza and Romano cheese.

Cover with foil and bake @ 300F for 45 minutes. Remove foil and cook for another 15 minutes until golden and bubbly.

IMPORTANT!
Let rest for at least 15/20 minutes before cutting into.

1 comment:

Kawarrtha said...

Tonight I added the box frozen spinach.. drained well. This was whisked into the eggs then folded into the ricotta cheese mixture. As well, I changed the Romano cheese to Baby Parmesan. Haven't eaten it yet,updates later. :)