🍝 Ale's Lasagna 🍝

📝 Ingredients

For the Bolognese Sauce

Item	Amount
Ground beef + pork	700g
Tomato passata	2 bottles
Tomato concentrate	1 tablespoon
White wine	1 cup
Garlic cloves	4
Large white onion	1
Carrots	2
Celery sticks	2
Pork (belly or ribs)	Optional
Whole milk	1 cup (Optional)

For the Bechamel Sauce

Item	Amount
Unsalted butter	150g
All purpose flour	150g
Milk	1 litre
Nutmeg	to taste
Salt	to taste
Black pepper	to taste

For Assembly

Item	Amount
Freshly grated parmesan cheese	200g
Lasagna sheets	1-2 boxes
Tinfoil	for covering

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Step 1: The Bolognese Sauce

1. Dice the onion, carrots, celery, and garlic
2. Heat up a pot, medium to low heat
3. Optional: brown pork parts first for extra flavor
4. Add olive oil and onions with salt, stir
5. Add garlic, stir
6. Add carrots and celery with salt, stir
7. Wait 4-5 minutes, stirring occasionally ⏰ Start Timer
8. Add meat, breaking it with a wooden spoon
9. Once meat browns, add tomato concentrate, cook 4-5 minutes ⏰ Start Timer
10. Add wine, deglaze on high heat
11. Return to medium-low heat when alcohol smell dissipates
12. Optional: add 1 cup milk for extra fat
13. Add tomato passata
14. Simmer on lowest heat for 3 hours, stir every 30 minutes ⏰ Start Timer

Step 2: The Bechamel Sauce

1. Prepare 150g butter and 150g flour
2. Heat pot on medium-low
3. Melt butter without burning
4. Add flour and whisk
5. Cook while whisking for 3-4 minutes ⏰ Start Timer
6. Slowly add milk until thick consistency
7. Season with salt, nutmeg, and black pepper to taste

Step 3: Assembly

1. Preheat oven to 200C
2. Grate parmesan cheese
3. Layer bolognese sauce at the bottom
4. Add pasta sheets
5. Add bolognese sauce
6. Add dots of bechamel sauce
7. Sprinkle parmesan cheese
8. Repeat for at least 6 layers
9. Cover with tinfoil
10. Bake for 20-25 minutes ⏰ Start Timer
11. Remove tinfoil and bake until brown (about 35 minutes) ⏰ Start Timer
12. Let rest for at least 20 minutes ⏰ Start Timer
13. Cut into cubes and serve