Lasagna with homemade sauce
Lasagna is a hearty and comforting dish that layers thin sheets of pasta with a flavorful mixture of seasoned ground beef, velvety béchamel sauce, and tangy marinara sauce. In this recipe, I showed you how to make your own meat and white sauce.
Servings: 8
Calories: 976kcal
Ingredients
- 16 oz lasagna 1 package
- 1 lb mozzarella shredded
- 1/2 cup parmesan
- 3 cups shredded cheese any cheese of your choice
Meat sauce
- 1.5 lbs minced beef
- 16 oz tomato sauce or pasta sauce
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1/2 tsp salt or to taste
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 medium onion diced
- 4 cloves garlic
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- few basil leaves
- 2 cups water
- 1/2 tsp chili flakes optional
Ingredients for béchamel sauce
- 1 stick butter (half a cup)
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1.5 cups half and half
- 1.5 cups whole milk
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese freshly grated
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Boil lasagna sheets according to the package directions. Don’t overcook as they’ll also bake.
Prepare meat sauce
- Heat oil in a pan, add your minced beef, and break it down as much as possible, cook for 4-5 minutes on medium-high heat.
- Now add chopped onion, crushed garlic, and all of the spices. Add tomato/marinara sauce and tomato paste. Cook for 4-5 more minutes. Add water and let it simmer on low heat while you make your white sauce
Prepare béchamel sauce
- Heat butter in a pan on medium low heat, add all purpose flour and cook it for 3-4 minutes.
- Now add half and half, and whole milk while stirring constantly. Add salt and pepper and freshly grated Parmesan.
- Your sauce is ready once it leaves a mark of your finger on the back of the spoon.
Layer lasagna
- Preheat your oven at 375°F
- Thinly slice your mozzarella cheese and grate the rest of the cheese.
- Add a layer of white sauce, lasagna sheets, meat sauce, white sauce, and cheese.
- Keep repeating until you have used all of the materials.
- Adding white sauce at the bottom of the pan will prevent it from sticking.
Bake the lasagna
- Cover it with aluminum foil and bake for half an hour, then bake for another 5 minutes uncovered. You can also broil it for the last two minutes but keep an eye on it because it can burn quickly.
- Take out the lasagna and wait 20 min before cutting.
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Nutrition
Calories: 976kcal | Carbohydrates: 61g | Protein: 53g | Fat: 57g | Saturated Fat: 27g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 22g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 168mg | Sodium: 1232mg | Potassium: 827mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 1410IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 803mg | Iron: 4mg