The triumphal procession of this ancient Italian dish in our cuisines is fully justified. Tasty, satisfying, affordable, fashionable, after all.
Although, if you close your eyes to some details, our native pasta is naval in style - it is (lasagna) close relatives. The same delicious, hearty, affordable. But not fashionable, and there's nothing to be done.
There are a lot of recipes that describe how to cook minced lasagna on the Internet. Take a certain average option, easy to perform, tasty and that allows you to cook lasagna quickly.
How to cook minced lasagna , recipe
We will need:
- sheets of lasagna 10-12 pieces, it is more convenient to use those that do not need to be boiled beforehand (usually the rules for their preparation are indicated on the package);
- raw mixed minced meat (veal and pork, or chicken and turkey) - 500-700 grams;
- tomato puree (preferably fresh tomato, but canned) - 2 or 3 tablespoons;
- medium sized onion;
- medium-sized carrots;
- greens of parsley, dill, basil - a bunch;
- salt, a mixture of any ground peppers - to taste;
- coriander and mustard seeds (or other favorite spices) - to taste;
- favorite vegetable oil for frying - 2-3 tablespoons (for Italians - olive);
- 100-150 grams of neutral to taste hard cheese.
For bechamel sauce you will need:
- butter - 80-100 grams;
- wheat flour (premium) - 3 tablespoons;
- milk - 700-800 grams;
- salt, any ground pepper.
Cooking. To make lasagna fast, you need to start with bechamel sauce.
- Cooking the sauce. To do this, carefully (without bringing to a boil) melt the butter in a pan. Pour the flour. Stir fry. We make sure that there are no lumps. In several stages, add milk (several tablespoons), each time thoroughly stirring the mass. When all the milk has been poured, bring the sauce to a boil and keep it on fire for another 2 minutes. Add salt and pepper.
- We clean onions and carrots. Then finely chop the onion, rub the carrots on a medium grater. Pour vegetable oil onto a heated frying pan. Put the onion, fry for 3-4 minutes. Add carrots, fry for another 3-4 minutes. Add tomato puree and simmer all together for 4-5 minutes. We stir occasionally. Put the minced meat, simmer the whole mixture for about 10 minutes. Add spices and spices. Finely chop the greens cleared of rough shoots. Add in a couple of minutes until ready.
- In a beautiful shape (which can be served on the table) we put the sheets of lasagna so that they buried the bottom. We spread the minced meat with vegetables in a continuous layer. Fill with a layer of sauce. Repeat the operation several times. Usually, two or three “floor” climbing is obtained from the specified number of products (depending on the bottom area of the mold).
- Cover the form with foil and put in a preheated oven. Temperature - 175-180 ° C. The time spent in the oven is equal to the time for preparation of the lasagna sheets indicated on the package (about 20 minutes). After this time, remove the foil and sprinkle the dish with a layer of grated cheese. Again, send to the oven for 3-4 minutes to melt the cheese. The lasagna is ready.
How to cook lasagna with minced fish
Everyone who cooks this dish at least once and “catches” the technology will be able to change the filling in accordance with their addictions. It can be minced fish, seafood, crab sticks, ham, sausage - yes anything, although perhaps the Italians would not have approved.
The recipe for lasagna with vegetables also differs only in the composition of the filling. Minced meat is taken from it and favorite vegetables are added - peppers, eggplant, fresh tomatoes, zucchini, corn, Brussels sprouts. It’s very tasty lasagna with mushrooms.
So, the above describes how to cook lasagna with minced meat, vegetables, fish or mushrooms. Fuss of course more than with pasta, but the dish turns out to be "advanced", it’s not a shame to serve guests.