February 14, 2011

Home Made Lasagna with Special White Sauce


This lasag
na is very delicious, with a fresh ingredients that you buy from local market, plus with the special homemade white sauce, will satisfy your appetite. To make this lasagna, is time consuming but I guarantee you is worth for all the effort.
Lasagna is one of my favorite Italian food for the pasta. So, in my extra time, I really enjoy to cook this delicious meal . Bon Appetit !!


Ingredients :

Lasagna sheet - cooked al dente or you can use ready to cook lasagna sheet

WHITE sauce:

2    Tbs     Butter
100 gram   All purposed flour
1     liter   Whole Milk
100 gram   Shredded Cheddar Cheese
1/2 tbs Pepper
1     tbs     Grated Nutmeg
1     tbs     Salt


MEAT Sauce:

3 Tbs         Butter
3
pcs         Onion - chopped
2 pcs         Garlic - crushed and finely chopped

500 gram   Ground Beef

750 gram   Fresh Tomatoes - chopped

150 ml       Ketchup / Tomato Sauce

1 tbs          Dry or fresh Oregano

1 tbs          Dry or fresh Basil

1 tbs          Dry or fresh Rose
mary
3 Tbs         Sugar

1 tbs          Salt

SPRINKLE :


150 gram Shredded Cheddar Cheese
150 gram Shredded Parmesan Cheese



DIRECTIONS :

WHITE Sauce :
 - In a pot, melt butter over medium heat.
- When butter has completely melted, add the flour and whisk until smooth.
- Slowly add the milk and keep stirring, add the shredded cheddar cheese, pepper, nutmeg and salt.
- Whisking constantly to prevent any lumps from forming.
- Continue to simmer and whisk over medium heat until the sauce is thick, smooth and creamy.
- Remove from heat and set aside.

 MEAT Sauce :

- In a saute pan, melt butter over medium heat.
- When butter has completely melted, add the garlic and onion, and saute until the onion yellowish.
- Add the ground beef and keep stirring until the beef is no longer pink color.
- Add the chopped tomatoes, tomato sauce, oregano, basil, rosemary, salt, pepper and sugar.
- Stirring and cook until the MEAT Sauce become thick.
- Remove from heat and set aside.


HOW TO ARRANGE :

-
Preheat oven for 180 C
- Spread the baking dish with butter.
-
Arrange the pasta sheets in baking dish covering the bottom of baking dish.
- Evenly spread a layer of MEAT Sauce .
- Continue spread a layer of WHITE Sauce .
- Sprinkle with Shredded Cheddar and Parmesan Cheese.
- Repeat with arrange the PASTA SHEETS, add the MEAT Sauce, continue with WHITE Sauce and Sprinkle with Shredded CHEESE.
- Doing this until all ingredients finish or reach to the top of baking dish.
- Bake until top is bubbling is about 25 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let lasagna stand for about 10 minutes before serving.


- Bon Appetit !!

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