Beef and Cheese Lasagna

Name: Beef and Cheese Lasagna
Prep time: 1 h 35 min
Cook time: 1 h 35 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 2 kilograms diced tomatoes; 397 grams tomato sauce; 1 Tbsp dried basil; 1 egg; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 1 teaspoons ground black pepper; 12 uncooked lasagna noodles; 1 kilograms lean ground beef or ground turkey; 227 grams grated mozzarella cheese (regular or part-skim), divided; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 237 milliliters chopped onion; 1 Tbsp dried oregano; 59 milliliters grated Parmesan or Romano; 1 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes; 946 milliliters ricotta cheese (regular or part-skim)

Beef and Cheese Lasagna requires approximately 1 hour and 35 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 4. This main course has 1514 calories, 142g of protein, and 60g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 66% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of tomatoes, ground pepper, ricotta cheese, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

Heat the oil in a large stock pot over medium heat.

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Stock

Cooking Oil

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Pot

Add onion and garlic and saute 3 minutes, until soft.

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Garlic

Onion

Add, beef and cook 5 to 7 minutes, until browned all over, breaking up the meat as it cooks. Stir in basil, oregano and red pepper flakes.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Oregano

Basil

Beef

Meat

Add diced tomatoes and tomato sauce and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to low and simmer 10 to 15 minutes.

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Tomato Sauce

Tomato

Remove from heat and set aside.

Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine ricotta, half of the mozzarella, egg, and black pepper.

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Black Pepper

Mozzarella

Ricotta Cheese

Egg

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Mix well.

Pour 1 cup of the meat sauce in the bottom of a 13 by 9-inch lasagna pan. Arrange 4 UNCOOKED lasagna noodles on top of sauce, overlapping noodles slightly to cover the bottom. Spoon half of the cheese mixture over noodles. Top with 1 1/2 cups of meat sauce and 4 more noodles. Top second layer of noodles with remaining cheese mixture, 1 1/2 cups of meat sauce and 4 more noodles. Top noodles with 1 1/2 cups of meat sauce and remaining mozzarella cheese. Top with Parmesan cheese.

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Mozzarella

Lasagne Noodles

Parmesan

Pasta

Cheese

Sauce

Meat

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Frying Pan

Refrigerate or freeze the remaining sauce.

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Sauce

Cover with foil and bake 45 minutes. Uncover and bake 15 more minutes, until top is golden and bubbly.

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Aluminum Foil

Let stand 5 minutes before slicing.

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Ingredients

Servings:

2kilograms

diced tomatoes 397grams

tomato sauce 1Tbsp

dried basil 1

egg 4cloves

garlic, minced 1teaspoons

ground black pepper 12

uncooked lasagna noodles 1kilograms

lean ground beef or ground turkey 227grams

grated mozzarella cheese (regular or part-skim), divided 1Tbsp

olive oil 237milliliters

chopped onion 1Tbsp

dried oregano 59milliliters

grated Parmesan or Romano 1teaspoons

crushed red pepper flakes 946milliliters

ricotta cheese (regular or part-skim)

Recommended wine: Chianti, Trebbiano, Verdicchio

Italian can be paired with Chianti, Trebbiano, and Verdicchio. Italians know food and they know wine. Trebbiano and Verdicchio are Italian white wines that pair well with fish and white meat, while Chianti is a great Italian red for heavier, bolder dishes. The Barone Ricasoli Castello di Brolio Chianti Classico Gran Selezione with a 4.4 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 60 dollars per bottle.