Welcome

Welcome to my blog. My blogging journey began about in August 2009 as a photo-a-day blog which has since transitioned to combine my love of good food and photography. Today, using as many local and fresh ingredients as we can, my boyfriend and myself spend time researching recipes, making our own adaptations, cooking, taking photos, eating, and finally reflecting on all or part of the above listed process here. I hope you take the time to not only read and look at our photos, but please cook some of the recipes yourself. You are invited and encourage to leave feedback as we continue our culinary journey!

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Lasagna

Lasagna is one of my all time favorite dishes. With your already made pre-frozen  bolognese sauce this recipe is a cinch.You will need to make bechamel sauce to layer with your bolognese sauce, and in addition you will also need grated parmesan cheese and no-boil lasagna noodles.

Bechamel Sauce
60 g butter
60 g flour
0.6. liters milk

I apologize again for the metric measurements. This is another recipe of Daniele's. Begin by melting the butter in a saucepan and after the butter is completely melted, pour the flour in slowly, stirring with spoon. When the mixture becomes a uniform consistency, start adding the milk to the recipe in small quantities. Make sure to keep stirring the mixture so that there are no clumps. Once the milk is added to the recipe, boil the mixture for at least 20 minutes.

Lasagna
After your bechamel sauce is prepared, you are ready to begin putting together your lasagna. Defrost some of your already prepared bolognese sauce. Using a pyrex pan, cover the bottom of the pan with a thin layer of bechamel sauce so the noodles don't stick to the pan. Then, add one layer of  no-boil lasagna noodles. After that, one layer of bologese sauce, bechamel sauce, and grated parmesan cheese. Continue the layering in this order until you have 4-5 layers.

Bake your lasagna at 400 degrees for one hour. Check on the lasagna to ensure the recipe is not getting too dry, the lasagna will be cooked when the noodles are soft, which you can check by sticking a fork in the lasagna. Serve warm with grated parmesan cheese.






1 comment: