Beef Lasagna. In a medium bowl combine the ricotta cheese, spinach, egg, the salt, the pepper and nutmeg. Assembly of the lasagna: Spread a little of the beef sauce across the bottom of your pan. Cover with a layer of beef sauce and drizzle about half a cup of cheese sauce over this-no need to be too particular.
Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Once the water is boiling, add the lasagna noodles a few at a time, and return to a boil. Stir together ground beef and pasta sauce. You can cook Beef Lasagna using 10 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Beef Lasagna
- It’s of Lasagna.
- It’s of minced/ground beef.
- It’s of pasta sauce.
- It’s of white bechamel (see my earlier recipe).
- You need of cheddar cheese.
- It’s of mozzarella cheese.
- It’s of white onion (diced).
- It’s of green pepper (chopped).
- You need of olive oil.
- You need of herbs of your choice.
Stir together ricotta cheese and Parmesan cheese. Heat the oil in a large stock pot over medium heat. Sauté until tender and add the ground beef and sausage. Cook and crumble until brown and cooked throughout.
Beef Lasagna step by step
- In a pan, warm the oil and add the green pepper and onion. Fry until onion is translucent..
- Preheat an oven to 180 degrees celcius.
- Add the ground/minced beef to the same pan and fry until brown. If it gets too dry, add tablespoons of water at a time until you are satisfied with the meat..
- Add the pasta sauce to the meat and stir. The aim is to get the meaty juice into the sauce for all the great flavour..
- Now it's time to layer. In a large baking tray, start off with a thin layer of the bechamel..
- Then add a layer of pasta sheets.
- Then some of the meat.
- Then a pasta layer.
- Then some bechamel and cheddar cheese.
- Then some pasta.
- Then more meat and some cheddar cheese.
- Another pasta layer.
- Then more of the bechamel.
- Then the rest of the cheddar cheese and the mozzarella cheese.
- Top it off with some herbs and pop it in the oven for 35-45 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let it set a little, because if you try and scoop it out straight from the oven it falls apart..
Add crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, Italian seasoning, sugar, and basil. In a large pot, bring the water to a boil. Meat Sauce: Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high. Make The Meat Sauce: After cooking or soaking the lasagna noodles, make the sauce by adding onions and garlic to a large skillet or pot with olive oil. Add the ground beef and brown, then drain off any excess drippings.