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Beef Lasagna Recipe, How To Make An Easy 3 Cheese Lasagna

December 12, 2024  Chef Joe Avatar
Beef Lasagna Recipe, How To Make An Easy 3 Cheese Lasagna

Ingredient For Italian Lasagna

Ground Beef 1lb (15-20% fat content)
Finely Diced Onion 1 Small
Garlic Cloves Minced 2 Large
Red Wine 1/4 Cup
Olive Oil 1 Tablespoon
Marinara Sauce 24 oz (3 Cups)
Sea Salt 1/2 Teaspoon
Black Pepper Ground 1/4 Teaspoon
Dried Thyme 1/4 Teaspoon
Granulated Sugar 1/2 Teaspoon
Parsley Finely Chopped 2 Tablespoon
lasagna Noodles 9 (Cooked al dente)

Ingredient For Cheese Sauce

Cottage Cheese 16 oz (Low fat)
Ricotta Cheese 15 oz (Reduced fat)
Egg 1 (Large)
parsley (Fined Chopped) 2 Tablespoon
Mozzarella Cheese (Shredded, divided) 4 Cups

Instructions To Prepare The Lasagna:-

  • Place 9 lasagna noodles into a pot of salted water, don’t overcook them because you’ll still bake them so they don’t get too soft
  • Drain the noodles then add cold water to stop the cooking process and also halt them from sticking together
  • You’ll have to grab a pot and make the meat sauce at a heating temperature of medium high
  • Add 1 table spoon of olive oil
  • Add 1 pound of ground beef
  • And 1 small diced onion
  • Stir for 5 minutes until the meat is no longer pink
  • Add 2 large minced garlic cloves and cook for another minutes until fragrant
  • Then add 1/4 cup of good red wine and stir till it mostly evaporates
  • Add 24 oz or 3 cups of marinara sauce
  • Season with 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1/4 teaspoon of ground black pepper, 1/4 teaspoon of dried thyme, 1/2 teaspoon of granulated sugar, 2 tablespoon of parsley fined chopped
  • Bring that to a steaming heat, cover and cook for 5 minutes on low heat while you make your cheese sauce

Instructions To Prepare The Cheese Sauce:-

  • In a large mixing bowl mix 16 oz low-fat cottahe of cheese, 15 oz of reduced fat ricotta cheese, 1 cup of shredded mozzarella, 1 large egg and 2 tablespoons of finely chopped parsley
  • Mix properly till it’s well blended

Everything Is Ready, Now We Can Assemble The lasagna

  • In a deep 9×13 casserole dish spread half cup of the meat sauce evenly over the bottom and cover that with 3 lasagna noodle
  • Add 1/3 of the remain meat sauce and sprinkle 1 cup of mozzarella cheese
  • fetch 1 spoon full of the cheese sauce and spread evenly and cover with 3 lasagna noodles
  • Repeat the process until you have 3 layers of noodles
  • Preheat your oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit
  • Top the top last layer of the noodles with the meat sauce and cover it with 1 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese
  • Loosely cover with a large sheet of foil and properly cover the edges too
  • bake it in the oven at 375 degrees fahrenheit heat for 45 minutes
  • Then remove the foil and set the oven to broil for 3-5 minutes or until the cheese is golden brown
  • Take out the cheese from the oven and let it cool for 30 minutes in the pan for it to set and become much more easier to slice

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 6

Calories Per Serving: 3397

% Daily Value
Total Carbohydrate ‏140.47g 51%
Cholesterol ‏959mg 320%
Total Fat ‏144.72g 186%
Saturated Fat ‏66.708g 334%
Unsaturated Fat ‏52.25g
Trans Fat ‏1.698g
Dietary Fiber ‏22.4g 80%
Protein ‏382.92g 766%
Sodium ‏11846mg 515%
Sugars ‏52.88g 106%

Prep

45 min

Cook

1 hr 5 min

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