The quick lasagna cups resemble the shape of cupcakes and are made with lasagna, meat sauce and cheese. Perfect to serve as a main dish or for a holiday buffet. In this recipe, you’ll find how to cook them in the oven, microwave, and how to make lasagna cups in an air fryer. In updating this recipe, I decided to renew it in a quicker version and with different tools, so if you want to make lasagna cups without a muffin tin, you will see how here. The ingredients for making the cups are the same as for Bolognese lasagna, just in a more appealing shape suitable for festive days.
Now, let’s make the quick lasagna cups recipe.
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- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Inexpensive
- Rest time: 5 Minutes
- Preparation time: 30 Minutes
- Portions: 12
- Cooking methods: Air Frying, Microwave, Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Christmas
Ingredients for making lasagna cupcakes
- 8 sheets egg lasagna (fresh)
- 14 oz meat sauce (Bolognese style)
- 7 oz mozzarella (or string cheese)
- 2.8 oz Grana Padano cheese, grated
- extra virgin olive oil (for brushing the molds)
What you need
- 1 Muffin Tin
- 1 Bowl
How to make lasagna cups
Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil.
Meanwhile, pour the meat sauce into the bowl, add 2 oz of the grated cheese, and mix. Cut the mozzarella or provolone into cubes and mix it with the sauce.
Dip one lasagna sheet at a time into the boiling water, count to 3 seconds, and then take it out with a slotted spoon. Place it on a cutting board and cut it into two squares. Then, overlap the sheets, staggering the corners.
Take the muffin cups or tin and brush them with a little oil. Place the two squares of lasagna in the cup and press lightly. Pour 2 generous tablespoons of meat sauce with cheese and set aside. Continue until the ingredients are used up.
Sprinkle the remaining grated cheese over the lasagna cups and preheat the oven to 350°F. Bake the cups for 30 minutes, then cover with a sheet of aluminum foil and continue baking for another 5 minutes. At the end of cooking, let them rest for 5 minutes, then plate and serve.
Place the muffin cups in the air fryer basket and cook at 340°F for 15 minutes, then increase the temperature to 350°F and continue cooking for another 3-4 minutes. Let rest and serve.
Using the same muffin cups, place them on a heating tray (Crisp) which you will place on a microwave stand. Cook for 12 minutes with combined microwave + grill function, choosing a low power (350 watts). Then, remove them from the stand and continue cooking for another 3 minutes. Let rest for 5 minutes and serve your lasagna cupcakes.
Rosella Errante’s Tips
Here you will find many variations and tips for making lasagna cups, for example, besides using an electric pressure cooker, you can make jar-cooked meat sauce and prepare it 1 month in advance.
Lasagna Cups with Vegetables
You can dress the cups with béchamel, steamed broccoli florets, and bacon or speck.
Vegetarian Lasagna Cups
Mix cheese with the béchamel, enrich it with a ratatouille, and fill the cups.
