How to cook lasagna at home?

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Lasagna is a unique dish that is perfect for feeding a group of friends or a large family. Initially, lasagna is the name of a rectangular pasta that is used to prepare a dish of the same name. This is a traditional Italian recipe. Lasagna consists of several layers of pasta and meat filling. In various variations, sauces or seasonings, such as bechamel, are added to it.

Over the years of the existence of this dish, it has spread throughout the world. Lasagna is especially loved at home and in Latin countries, in addition, lasagna is popular in the USA. At home, in Italy, lasagna is different in different regions. It's hard to find two alike. Each family makes lasagna according to its own special recipe.

How to cook lasagna at home? Does it need special pasta or can you make your own? Can all the ingredients for lasagna be found in Russia? The answer to this and many other questions is just below.

What to cook lasagna in?

The first references to lasagna can be found in Italian recipe books dated around1200. Scientists suggest that originally lasagna meant a special dish, like a pot, in which pasta was cooked.

The truth is that there is no special dish for lasagna, but if you cook it in a rectangular shape, you can save a lot of time and effort. Why in this one? Since lasagna will have to be cooked using traditional pasta, it is easier to place it in a rectangular tall baking sheet.

If you use a transparent baking sheet for cooking, then the dish does not even need to be served, because beautiful layers will be visible through the glass.

American Lasagna Recipe

This recipe cannot be called a classic, but it is very much loved not only by Americans, but also by the inhabitants of our country. Many give their preference to this variation of the dish.

You will need:

• 2 cans of tomatoes in their own juice;
• 2 large spoons of tomato paste;
• 1 large onion;
• 2 cloves of garlic (for those who like it spicier, you can increase this number);
• 0.5kg ground beef, lean meat preferred;
• 0, 5 kilograms of Italian sausage (for example, pepperoni), if there is no such sausage, you can use any spicy one;
• dried basil and oregano, s alt and pepper to taste;
• olive oil;
• 1 packet of lasagne pasta;
• 0.5 kilograms of Mozzarella cheese;
• 200 grams of Parmesan cheese;
• 0.5 kilograms of Ricotta cheese;
• 1 chicken egg.

Starting the recipe, cooking lasagna inhomemade with minced meat.

1. Coarsely chop onion, garlic and mix with ground beef in a pan. Put on the stove. Fry.



2. Add seasonings and s alt, add tomato paste. Mix well, continue frying.
3. After the minced meat and onions are ready, you need to add the tomatoes. Before that, they need to be kneaded (you can do it in your hands).
4. Bring sauce to a boil, reduce heat and cover. Leave to boil for about half an hour.
5. Remove the pasta from the package and cook according to the instructions on the package. It usually takes 1-2 minutes.
6. After drain the water and put the pasta in a colander, rinse with cold water. Set aside.
7. Grate Parmesan and mozzarella. Leave a little for sprinkling, put the rest in a bowl. Add ricotta, beat in the egg. Mix all. You can add a little more seasoning to taste.



8. Check the sauce. It is recommended to try, if necessary, adjust to taste. Remove from heat.



9. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius. Take out the baking dish.

Before you cook the lasagna, let's walk through the layering process step by step:

• put pasta on the bottom;
• pour sauce with minced meat;
• cover with a layer of paste;
• then the layers will alternate in sequence: pasta, cheese, sauce, pasta, cheese, sauce, etc.

Layersstacked until the form is completely filled.

The last layer is laid like this: pasta, sauce, cheese (the one set aside for sprinkling).

Put in the oven, bake for 45 minutes at 200 degrees.

Before slicing, it is recommended to let the lasagna cool for a couple of minutes.

Lazy Lasagna Recipe

This recipe cooks much faster and is perfect for busy people. Besides, anyone can handle it.

Let's take a look at how to cook lasagna at home step by step.

For lasagna you will need ingredients:

• Armenian lavash, the thinner the better;
• minced meat, better beef;
• bow;
• tomatoes;
• milk;
• flour;
• hard cheese.

Recipe:

1. Fry the minced meat in a pan for 4 minutes.
2. Fry onions and tomatoes.
3. Prepare the sauce: stir 1 tablespoon of flour in half a glass of milk, s alt and place on fire, bring to a boil. Switch off the stove. The sauce will be thick without lumps.
4. Take out the baking dish and lay in layers: pita bread, minced meat, pita bread, tomatoes and onions, pita bread, etc. Repeat until the form is filled.
5. Pour the sauce over the dish and sprinkle with grated cheese.
6. Cooking lasagna in the oven for about 30-40 minutes. Temperature - 200 degrees Celsius.

He althy Lasagna Recipe

Overweight is a problem for many people. How to deal with excess weight and at the same timeindulge in little pleasures? Low calorie lasagna is great.

Ingredients:

• 2 small zucchini;
• seasoning - to taste;
• garlic - 2 small cloves;
• olive oil - about 2 tablespoons;
• onion - 1 piece;
• hard cheese (such as parmesan) - 70 grams;
• tomatoes - 2 large pieces;
• cornmeal - 1-2 teaspoons;
• basil or parsley to taste;
• mushrooms - 60 grams;
• natural yogurt - 130 grams.

Now about how to cook zucchini lasagna. For the sauce you will need:

1. Peel and wash the onion and garlic, chop them finely and fry them in oil.
2. Chop champignons and tomatoes finely, add to the onion and simmer. The sauce should reduce and the liquid in it should evaporate.
3. Add s alt, pepper and basil, simmer some more.
4. Wash zucchini, peel, cut into thin slices. In this recipe, they will replace pasta sheets.
5. Put zucchini on a baking sheet, then sauce and yogurt, sprinkle with cheese, repeat. Sprinkle the last layer with the rest of the cheese.
6. Bake in a preheated oven for half an hour at 200 degrees.

Lasagna recipe with sauce

Lasagna with Bechamel sauce - a recipe that has become a classic. Many people know how to cook lasagna with minced meat at home, but not everyone knows how to properly make lasagna with Bechamel sauce.

Recipe will need ingredients:

• paste - 12 pieces(sheets);
• minced meat - 550 grams;
• hard cheese - 320 grams;
• carrot - 1 small piece;
• sweet Bulgarian pepper - 3 pieces;
• onion - 1 piece (large);
• meat broth - 120 milliliters;
• tomato - 1 large specimen;
• basil, garlic, s alt, parsley, pepper, oregano, thyme, coriander and rosemary to taste;
• olive oil - approximately 2-3 tablespoons.

Before you cook lasagna at home, you should take care of the dishes. You need a square tall baking sheet. The recipe is designed for 6-8 people, so the baking sheet should be large.

For the sauce you will need ingredients:

• milk - 760 milliliters;
• butter - 100 grams;
• flour - 100 grams;
• s alt, bay leaf, pepper and nutmeg to taste.

Recipe:

1. Onion peeled, chopped and fried in olive oil until golden brown. Add grated carrots to the pan and fry until softened.
2. Chop the pepper and add it to the pan too, fry for 7 minutes over low heat.
3. Since it takes a long time to cook lasagna with minced meat, the prepared minced meat is used in the recipe. But it would be ideal to cook it from veal yourself. Minced meat should be put in a frying pan, make a small fire, pour everything with broth and add spices.
4. Simmer everything until there is no liquid left.
5. Grate the tomato and add to the minced meat. Simmer until the liquid has evaporated for 15 minutes.

SauceBechamel is prepared like this:

1. Melt the butter in a frying pan and slowly start adding the flour. In this case, stir the mixture constantly.
2. Add nutmeg.
3. Fry the mixture for about 2 minutes, then pour in the milk, stir with a whisk until smooth. Add spices and bay leaf. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat. Cook until thickened. The sauce is ready.

Before you cook minced meat lasagna, you need to properly lay the layers.

Assembling the dish:

1. Take a baking sheet. Spread some of the Bechamel sauce on the bottom.
2. Cover with pasta sheets. If necessary, pre-boil the pasta. The recipe used ready-made.
3. Followed by a layer of minced meat and a layer of bechamel, grated cheese.
4. Repeat in sequence: pasta, minced meat, sauce, cheese.
5. Last layer: pasta, minced meat and cheese.
6. Dig with foil and put in the oven, preheated to 200 degrees for half an hour. The dish is ready.

Before you cook lasagna at home, you should decide which pasta to use: store-bought or homemade. Consider several pasta recipes.

Lasagna Dough Classic Recipe

You can always go to the supermarket and buy ready-made lasagne sheets, but making your own is much more interesting and often tastier.

For pasta you will need:

• 600 grams of wheat flour;
• 3 chicken eggs;
• 100 milliliters of water;
• s alt to taste.

Recipe:

1. Pour flour on a clean table and make a small depression in the middle. Crack in the egg and slowly stir in the flour. Add s alt water. It remains only to knead the dough. This is done by stretching the dough and then folding it in half.
2. After kneading, cover the dough with cling film and leave for half an hour. Then it is rolled out very thinly using a special machine or rolling pin. Cut into sheets. Pasta is ready.

Lasagna dough with olive oil

This recipe is almost the same as the classic one. The main feature is the addition of olive oil directly to the dough. If you take the ingredients in the ratio indicated in the previous recipe, you will need to add only 50 milliliters of olive oil. It is better to use extra virgin oil.

Kneading this dough is easier, but it turns out a little more high-calorie.

Egg lasagna dough

Reducing water and adding eggs will affect the difficulty of rolling out the dough. It will turn out denser and less plastic. But the taste of egg dough is worth it.

For the recipe you will need:

• 1 kilogram of wheat flour;
• 10 eggs;
• water;
• s alt.

The cooking method is as follows: pour the flour into a slide and slowly beat in the eggs, mixing in the flour.

Lasagna dough using bran

This dough will delight those who take care of their he alth. How to cook bran lasagna?

For cooking you will need:

• 300 grams of flour;
• 100 grams of ground bran;
• 4 eggs;
• water;
• s alt to taste.

The cooking method is similar to the previous recipe. Mix flour with bran and sift through a sieve. This is done in order to avoid getting large pieces of bran. Next, eggs and s alted water are added to the flour. The dough is kneaded and rolled out.

How to use the pasta machine?

After the dough is ready, you need to cut off a small piece from it. The rollers of the machine need to be moved apart as much as possible and a layer is placed between them. Roll it between the rollers, after which the distance must be reduced and the dough rolled again. This should be repeated until the dough is the desired thickness.

Lasagna Features

To make lasagna melt in your mouth and become a family favorite, you can resort to a few secrets:

1. The main trick is that the layers of paste must be laid in order: one layer along, the next across. This alternation will keep the lasagna from falling apart during the extraction process.
2. The secret to making lasagna bake evenly is in the pan. Use thin-walled cookware.
3. Cheese plays an important role. Parmesan and mozzarella should be included in the dish for the perfect lasagna.