Lasagna.
Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we're going to make a special dish, lasagna. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Lasagna is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It's appreciated by millions every day. It's easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Lasagna is something which I've loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have lasagna using 21 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Lasagna:
- {Get of For the meat sauce:.
- {Take of Extra virgin olive oil.
- {Make ready of lean ground beef (chuck).
- {Make ready of onion, diced (about 3/4 cup).
- {Make ready of large bell pepper (green, red, or yellow), diced (about 3/4 cup).
- {Take of garlic, minced.
- {Prepare of can good quality tomato sauce.
- {Get of (half a 6-oz can) tomato paste.
- {Get of can crushed tomatoes.
- {Prepare of chopped fresh oregano, or 2 teaspoons dried oregano.
- {Take of chopped fresh parsley (preferably flat leaf), packed.
- {Make ready of Italian Seasoning.
- {Make ready of garlic powder and/or garlic salt.
- {Take of red or white wine vinegar.
- {Get of to 1/4 cup sugar (to taste, optional).
- {Prepare of Salt.
- {Get of To assemble the lasagna:.
- {Prepare of dry lasagna noodles (requires 9 lasagna noodles - unbroken).
- {Take of Ricotta cheese.
- {Take of Mozzarella cheese, grated or sliced.
- {Make ready of freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
Instructions to make Lasagna:
- Put pasta water on to boil: Put a large pot of salted water (1 Tbsp salt for every 2 quarts of water) on the stovetop on high heat. It can take a while for a large pot of water to come to a boil (this will be your pasta water), so prepare the sauce in the next steps while the water is heating.
- Brown the ground beef: In a large skillet heat 2 teaspoons of olive oil on medium high heat. Add the ground beef and cook until it is lightly browned on all sides..
- Remove the beef with a slotted spoon to a bowl. Drain off all but a tablespoon of fat..
- Cook the bell pepper, onions, garlic, add back the beef: Add the diced bell pepper and onions to skillet (in the photo we are using yellow bell pepper and red onions)..
- Cook for 4 to 5 minutes, until the onions are translucent and the peppers softened. Add the minced garlic and cook half a minute more..
- Return the browned ground beef to the pan. Stir to combine, reduce the heat to low and cook for another 5 minutes..
- Transfer to medium sized pot, add tomatoes and remaining sauce ingredients to build the sauce: Transfer the beef mixture to a medium sized (3- to 4-quart) pot. Add the crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, and tomato paste to the pot..
- Add the parsley, oregano, and Italian seasonings, adjusting the amounts to taste. Sprinkle with garlic powder and/or garlic salt, to taste..
- Sprinkle with red or white wine vinegar. Stir in sugar, a tablespoon at a time, tasting after each addition, to taste. (The amount of sugar needed will vary, depending on how acidic the tomatoes are that you are using.).
- Add salt to taste. Bring the sauce to a simmer and then lower the heat to maintain a low simmer. Cook for 15 to 45 minutes, stirring often..
- Boil and drain the lasagna noodles: By now the salted water you started heating in step one should be boiling. Add the dry lasagna noodles and cook them to al dente, per package directions..
- Heat the oven 375F. Assemble the lasagna: In a 9x13-inch casserole or lasagna dish, ladle a cup of sauce and spread it over the bottom of the dish. Arrange one layer of lasagna noodles lengthwise (about 3 long noodles, edge may overlap, depending on your pan) over the sauce. Ladle a third of the remaining sauce over the noodles..
- Sprinkle a layer of a third of the grated mozzarella on top of lasagna sauce. Add half of the ricotta cheese, by placing cheese dollops every couple inches. Sprinkle half the grated parmesan cheese evenly over the top of ricotta cheese.
- Apply second layer of noodles, top it with half of the remaining sauce. Add half of the remaining Mozzarella, the remaining ricotta cheese, and another the remaining Parmesan..
- Finish with another layer of noodles. Spread the remaining sauce over the top layer of noodles and sprinkle with the remaining Mozzarella cheese..
- Bake at 375°F for 45 minutes. Uncover in the last 10 minutes if you'the like more of a crusty top or edges.Cool and serve.
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