Baked Lasagna

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Baked lasagna is the typical Italian Sunday dish. It has very ancient origins, as it can be traced back to the Greco-Roman era, but to have a lasagna more similar to today’s, we must wait until the 14th century where in an anonymous cookbook written in Naples we find a dish that closely resembles lasagna both in preparation and cooking. Today throughout Italy, we find numerous variations of this dish, which vary from region to region.

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baked lasagna
  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Cost: Medium
  • Preparation time: 1 Hour
  • Portions: 6-8
  • Cooking methods: Oven
  • Cuisine: Italian
  • Seasonality: All seasons

Ingredients

  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 5 eggs
  • 9 oz ground pork
  • 9 oz ground beef
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 onion
  • 1 stalk celery
  • 21 oz peeled tomatoes
  • 1 quart tomato puree
  • 1 clove
  • 7 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 21 oz mozzarella
  • 10.5 oz grated parmesan cheese
  • 1 knob butter

Tools

  • 1 Wooden pastry board
  • 1 Fork
  • 1 Rolling pin
  • 1 Pasta machine
  • 1 Pan
  • 1 Food mill
  • 1 Baking dish
  • 1 Pot

Steps

  • Prepare the sauté with celery, carrot, and onion. Put the sauté in a pan with oil and clove. Let it cook for 5 minutes, adding a pinch of salt and 2 tablespoons of water to prevent the vegetables from browning.

    Add the meat and mix well until the meat is well separated.

    Cook for 10 minutes over low heat, then add the peeled tomatoes previously passed through a food mill.

    Adjust the salt.

    Let it cook for 20-30 minutes, then add the tomato puree and 1 glass of water.

    Bring to cook, about 1 hour.

    Let it cool well

  • Flour fountain on a wooden pastry board if possible. Break the eggs in the center of the flour.

    Lightly beat the eggs with a fork then gradually start mixing in the flour.

    Continue working the ingredients with your fingers until all the flour is incorporated into the eggs.

    Then work the dough well until you get a smooth and homogeneous mixture.

    Form the dough ball and let it rest for half an hour covered with plastic wrap.

    Roll out the dough on the always well-floured pastry board, moving the rolling pin in all directions.

    Roll the pasta into a thin sheet and roll it starting from the edge facing down without pressing.

    Cut the lasagna sheets and let them dry in the air.

  • Bring a large pot of water to a boil with a pinch of salt. Blanch the lasagna sheets for about 1 minute. Drain and let dry on a cloth.

    Grease a 12×8 inch baking dish with butter.

    Pour one or two ladles of sauce and spread well on the bottom. Arrange the lasagna sheet. Sprinkle with one or two ladles of sauce and dust with parmesan. Add mozzarella and cover with another sheet.

    Proceed in the same way until the baking dish is filled, about 5 or 6 layers.

    Bake in a preheated static oven at 350°F for about 1 hour or until a crunchy and golden crust forms.

    Remove from the oven and let rest for 10 minutes. Cut and serve immediately.

    baked lasagna

Tips

It keeps for 3 days in the refrigerator.

They can be frozen either cooked, already portioned, or raw, making sure to use products that were not previously frozen.

If you don’t want to prepare the egg pasta, you can use precooked fresh sheets without blanching them because they are ready to go straight into the baking dish. Or those dry ones, in this case, must be cooked first in boiling water.

If you don’t want to prepare the egg pasta, you can use precooked fresh sheets without blanching them because they are ready to go straight into the baking dish. Or those dry ones, in this case, must be cooked first in boiling water.

If you don’t want to prepare the egg pasta, you can use precooked fresh sheets without blanching them because they are ready to go straight into the baking dish. Or those dry ones, in this case, must be cooked first in boiling water.

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FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

  • Can I make gluten-free baked lasagna?

    Sure, by using certified gluten-free products. Here is the recipe for fresh gluten-free egg pasta.

  • How can I make lactose-free baked lasagna?

    You can use all lactose-free products. If you cannot eat even lactose-free products, you can use plant-based products, such as vegan grated cheese to replace parmesan and vegan mozzarella.

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