Lasagne with layers of soft pasta and red wine beef bolognese, made with minced beef, onions, celery, mushrooms, tomatoes and panchetta, flavoured with red wine, oregano, Worcester sauce and garlic. This delicious lasagne is topped with a creamy homemade white sauce and a crunchy Parmesan topping, and served with a fresh green salad.
Lasagne
Meat sauce
White sauce
Salad
Lasagne or as the Italians would say lasagna is a delicious dish
of layered minced beef in red wine, pasta, bechamel sauce and cheese. This dish
goes perfectly with salad in the summer and garlic bread in the winter
Make the beef bolognaise sauce,
Lightly frying the
onions pancetta, celery and garlic add the mushrooms and cook till the
vegetables are lightly caramelized. Add
the mince beef and cook till browned, add the herbs, sauces, tomatoes and red
wine. Cook gently to allow the flavours to combine.
Make the béchamel sauce
Make a roux with the butter and flour slowly add the milk
till it is all fully combined.
Build the beef lasagne
Cook the lasagne sheets rinse and set aside. Build the
lasagne starting with bolognaise then pasta repeat finishing with a pasta layer
add the white sauce and sprinkle with cheese cook till golden brown
Lasagne can be stored in the fridge for up to 3 days and reheated, lasagne should be frozen before it is baked, lasagne can be stored in the freezer for up to 3 months
Top tips
If you are in a hurry and short on time use a pre-made white sauce
This Italian pasta bake is the perfect evening meal for summer or winter, in summer we serve it with salad and in winter with garlic bread
Who will love this dish?
This dish is great for all the family, you can serve it for
a weekend dinner, a midweek meal or a family get together. Its also great for an
Italian dinner party
Italian dinner party menu main course
Lasagne makes the perfect main for a dinner party especially
an Italian themed party we serve it with a simple ricotta and tomato tart for
starters and a simple apple cake for dessert
Our favourite side dish for lasagne is salad, we serve it with a simple fresh tomato and green salad, The secret is to keep the side dish simple and fresh to compliment the lasagne, some alternative side salads to go with lasagne could be a
Simple tomato salad |
Caesar salad with croutons |
Grated cabbage and carrot salad with mustard dressing |
Herb salad |
Grated courgette and cucumber salad |
Lasagna originated in Italy, and is a stack of meat ragu,
and pasta. The meat ragu can be made of pork, beef or a mixture of pork and
beef. The dish also includes an Italian cheese usually a ricotta, Parmesan, or
mozzarella. Lasagne is a pasta bake and as such is oven baked. Traditional in
Italy there were two forms of lasagne di carnevale made with a selection of
meats hard boiled eggs ricotta and mozzarella and Lasagne al forno which is
more like the lasagne we know today with meat ragu and white sauce.
