The hero of American cartoons, the cat Gartfield, was the largest lasagna lover in the world. But many people around the world also know the recipe for making lasagna, which is Italy's hallmark. Translated from Greek lasagna means hot plates.
The first mention of climbing dates back to the 14th century, and it was prepared from thin sheets of homemade noodles, which were boiled and layered with cheese and various spices. The homeland of the dish is the Emilia-Romagna region. From here, lasagna spread throughout Italy, and then the recipe for making lasagna very quickly became known throughout the world.
Since then, the recipe for making lasagna has changed a lot and today there are many different ways to cook this dish. As a filling, minced meat, sausages, seafood, vegetables, fruits and berries can be used. The lasagna is so delicious that it is impossible to resist, so as not to try to cook it at home.
Now we will tell you how to cook minced lasagna . The most difficult part in making lasagna is making dough, so many people prefer to buy it. As in any business, there are secrets to making lasagna dough. The first secret is the quality of the flour - only durum wheat flour is used to make the dough. To prepare the dough, you need to take 600 g of sifted flour, make a deepening in it and pour 100 milliliters of cold water, 3 eggs, 50 milliliters of olive oil and throw a pinch of salt. The second secret is that all the ingredients must be kneaded for a long time until the dough becomes plastic. But if you have a mixer operator, then there will be no problems with this.
Roll the finished dough into a ball, cover with a towel and let it rest for half an hour. Then the dough should be divided into three parts and each rolled out with a thickness of 1.5-2 millimeters, sprinkling it with flour so that the dough does not stick to the rolling pin. The rolled dough is cut into strips about 10 centimeters wide, covered with a napkin and allowed to dry for an hour, and then boiled until half cooked in salted water and begin to cook the dish.
We offer you a recipe for cooking lasagna with minced meat. Before cooking lasagna with minced meat, you need to cook two sauces - Bolognese and Bechamel. To prepare the Bolognese sauce, you need to take 400 grams of minced meat and fry in 50 milliliters of olive oil. At this time, finely chop 8 cloves of garlic and two onions and add to the minced meat. Take green pepper, three pods are enough, cut and add to the pan as well. Skip three to five tomatoes through a meat grinder, pour into a skillet and simmer. In the end, when all the ingredients are stewed well, add finely chopped greens and 120 milliliters of dry white wine.
To prepare the white Bechamel sauce, you need to melt 100 grams of butter in a pan and fry 70 grams of flour. The flour should darken, but not burn. Now you need to pour a little 600 ml of milk and mix until smooth. Stew on low heat for about fifteen minutes, stirring constantly. At the end, add salt and pepper to taste.
To prepare the dish, you need to take a special form, grease it with olive oil and pour a little white sauce into it , put a piece of minced meat on top and cover with a sheet of lasagna. Then pour again with white sauce and continue in the same order. Traditionally, six sheets are made. The last layer should be a lasagna leaf. From above, pour 200 grams of Parmesan cheese grated and bake for 30 minutes until a golden crust forms. It turns out very tasty.
Lasagna with vegetables is done in the same way, only instead of minced meat you need to cook a vegetable filling. To prepare the filling, take 300 grams of tomatoes, sweet pepper, zucchini, 200 grams of eggplant, 150 grams of stalks of celery and onions, 200 grams of cheese, vegetable or olive oil, a clove of garlic, salt and pepper.
Vegetables are cut into pieces. Fry onions, add vegetables and stew for 10 minutes, then add spices and stew for 5 minutes. Lasagna with vegetables is made of three sheets. On the top pour cheese grated. Bake at a temperature of 180 degrees for 30-40 minutes. When the lasagna with vegetables is ready, cut it into portions and serve.