The best homemade lasagna
Recipe by (@andriaorganichomecooking)
The best part of the lasgna is the sauce, hands down! A fast lasgna is easy to make, you can just use a store bought jar of sauce, but it won't taste homemade! This recipe combines making a homemade sauce with making a lasgna fast and easy! My quick homemade sauce is a perfect way to speed up the process of making lasagna without having to sacrafice on taste by using a store bought ready made sauce.
I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do! You can see how to make this delicious dish on my YouTube cooking channel: Cooking with Andria - Episode 19.
1 package of lean ground beef
4 cups (2 cans) Finely chopped tomatoes (I use Mutti Tomatoes)
1 bunch - 5-6 green onions
seasoning: Salt, pepper, chili flakes
2 cubes of vegetable bouillion
1 cup of freshly grated Grana Padano Cheese
1 cup of freshly grated Parmiggiano Cheese
2 large buffalo mozeralla balls
1 package of fresh/dried lasagna sheets
Preheat oven to bake at 375F
To make the sauce: Chop green onions and garlic and add to a sauce pan with olive oil and heat until onions start to soften (1 min)
Add in ground beef and season with salt and pepper and cook until beef is browned.
Add in the 2 cans of finely chopped tomoatoes, I use Mutti canned tomatoes, the higher quality tomatoes you use, the less acidic and time needed to cook them down.
Add in 2 cans of water and 2 cubes of vegetable bouillion and dissolve in the sauce. Season with salt and pepper and chili flakes to taste.
Let sauce boil for 15-20 mins, stirring occasionaly.
While sauce is boiling prepare the rest of the ingredients for the lasgna. Slice the buffalo mozerlla into thin slices. If you don't have fresh mozerella, regular grated is fine as well.
Grate the grana padano and parmiggiano cheese and set aside
Drizzle olive oil on the bottom of the caserole dish and a couple of tbs of sauce, so there is a thin later on the bottom.
Add a layer of lasagna sheets so it covers the bottom completely.
Pour 1/3 meat sauce so it covers the pasta and sprinkle with both grated cheeses and then top with a layer of mozerlla cheese
repeat 2-3 layers. Last layer top with cheese and some freshly chopped parsley and basil, I reserve a litte sauce for the top and add some water if there isn't enough moisture from the sauce alraedy.
Bake at 375F for 40-50 mins until the ends are crispy (you might have to cove half way through) and you can easily put a knife through the pasta sheets.