An important dish in the culinary world is considered a casserole. It helped a large number of peasants survive in the Middle Ages. The fact is that in the past, any set of products that could be baked in the oven was considered a casserole.
Now casserole has become a more civilized dish. Make casserole in different countries in their own way. For example, there is a hearty Italian recipe for casserole – lasagna. It is made of plates of dough with vegetable and meat stuffing. There are many variations of lasagna, all of them turn out perfectly.
Let’s prepare lasagna ourselves.
Ingredients for lasagna:
- Stuffing – 700 g;
- Salt – 2 tsp;
- Pepper – 1 tsp;
- Paprika – 1 tsp;
- Oregano – 1 tsp;
- Onion – 1 pc;
- Tomato paste – 2 tbsp;
- Eggs – 10 pcs;
- Flour – 400 g.
Ingredients for the sauce:
- Butter – 30 g;
- Flour – 3 tbsp;
- Milk – 500 ml;
- Nutmeg;
- Salt – 1 tsp;
- Cheese – 150 g.
Preparation of lasagna:
In a skillet in vegetable oil fry minced meat, add a spoonful of salt, pepper, paprika and oregano, put tomato paste and mix. Finely dice onions, add them to the minced meat and mix.
Divide yolks and whites, put them in separate bowls. Add the yolks to the flour and knead an elastic and not sticky dough.
Leave the dough under cellophane for 30 minutes.
For the sauce, melt butter in a saucepan and mix with flour until lumps form. Pour the milk into the mixture and bring it to thicken
. Pour the nutmeg and salt into the thick mixture and stir.
Divide the dough into 4 parts, roll each part into a rectangular layer slightly larger than the area of the baking
dish. Grease the bottom of the baking dish with sauce and place the first layer. Put the meat stuffing on the layer, smear with sauce.
Cover the meat and sauce with a layer, repeat the actions with the stuffing.
Grate cheese, sprinkle the last layer of dough with it. Bake lasagna in the oven at 180 degrees for 30 minutes.
You get a hearty dish from Italy.
You can decorate lasagna with herbs as desired.
