Best Homemade Lasagna
Lasagna is one of my favorite dishes and I've found this recipe to be very good.
Supplies
- Lasagna Sheets
- Meat sauce
- Ground Beef (500g)
- Onion (1 Medium Size Onion)
- Garlic (3 Cloves)
- Crushed Tomatoes (500 mL)
- Spices (Salt, Pepper, Cayenne, Oregano)
- Lemon Juice (Half of a Lemon)
- Olive Oil (4 Tablespoons) - Bechamel Sauce
- Butter (7 tablespoons)
- Milk (1L)
- Salt (to taste)
- White Pepper (to taste)
- Flour (7 tablespoons) - Cheese (Optional)
Gather All Materials
Gather all materials so you have easy access to everything, allowing for fast cooking and easy clean-up.
Making Meat Sauce
- Dice the onion into small pieces and start cooking them in olive oil
- Add the ground beef and cook until brown
- Add salt & pepper
- Add crushed tomatoes and mix
- Add cayenne pepper, oregano, lemon juice, and mix
- Let the sauce simmer for around 30 minute
- If the sauce gets too thick, add water to thin it down
Béchamel Sauce
While the meat sauce is simmering, start the Béchamel sauce.
- Put the butter into a pot and mix in the flour
- Once the butter and flour is smooth, slowly add in the milk while stirring
- Add salt and white pepper to taste
- *Optional* Add in cheese once the sauce starts to thicken
Assembly
- Place a small layer of the meat sauce onto the bottom of the tray
- Put a layer of lasagna sheets, followed by another layer of meat sauce
- Pour in a layer of bechamel sauce followed by the lasagna sheets
- Continue this pattern until you reach the top of the tray
- Pour bechamel sauce onto the top of the lasagna and make sure all lasagna sheets are covered with the sauce
- Place in the oven at 200°C for around 30-40 minutes.
- Let the Lasagna cool down for around 10 minutes before serving.