Yummy Lasagna Recipe with Bolognese and Béchamel Sauce
This Lasagna is a labor of love! Ive never had authentic lasagna so I decided to make my own! It was super delicious and honestly the only way I want to make lasagna from now on.
- 1 lb breakfast turkey sausage you can use Italian sausage
- 1 1lb Italian turkey sausage beef
- 4 slices Thick cut turkey bacon you can use pancetta
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 1/2 cup white wine red wine
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 1large onion, medium carrot peeled,celery stalk coarsely chopped
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 14.5-oz. can crushed tomatoes
- 3/4 cup tomato paste
- 6 cloves of fresh garlic chopped
- 2 1/2 cups fresh mozzarella
✨BÉCHAMEL SAUCE✨
- 5 Tbsp salted butter
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 cups whole milk, warmed
- salt & pepper
- 1 cup frozen spinach
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- salt & pepper
- 2 cups fresh grated Parmesan cheese
Pulse onion, carrot, and celery in a food processor until finely chopped.
Heat oil in a large heavy pot over medium heat.combine breakfast turkey sausage Italian turkey sausage meat into a meatball ,sear until brown and remove add turkey bacon or preferably pancetta, cook until nice and crispy
add in the sliced garlic and vegetables and tomato paste cook until moisture is almost completely evaporated season with salt and pepper.Add wine to pot and bring to a boil, scraping the "brown season bits " bottom of pot Add in the milk and boil then reduce heat, and simmer u evaporated, 8–10 minutes. Add tomatoes and broth and the meatballs ; bring to a boil, reduce heat, place in oven and cook on 350 for 2 hours or until sauce thickens remove from oven and begin breaking meat up making sure it has a nice sauce texture if too thick add more broth or wine. set aside béchamel sauce
Heat butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat wait until melted Add flour and cook, whisking constantly, 1 minute. Whisk in warm milk Bring sauce to a boil, add in 1 cup of chicken broth reduce heat, and simmer, whisking often, until the consistency of creamy sauce once sauce forms add in parmesan cheese add in about a cup of frozen spinach a pinch nutmeg and season with salt if it becomes too thick add in more chicken broth to get good consistency
Build lasagna
Spread bolognese sauce in the prepared baking dish. Top with a layer of fresh pasta noodles, spread over bechamel sauce, top with mozzarella cheese then Repeat process 7 more times, starting with noodles and ending with Parmesan, for a total of 8 layers. Place baking dish 50–60 minutes. Let lasagna sit for about 40 minutes before serving.
✨💋Y'all If you decide to make your own pasta DO NOT PRE COOK THE NOODLES. BECAUSE THE PASTA IS FRESH DOES NOT NEED TO BE PRE COOKED,✨ But if buying store brought pasta then cook pasta according to package directions. 🎀✨
🎀I adjusted this because I do not eat pork or red meat but beef and pork work BETTER for this dish just substituted everything for turkey but I do suggest you use pork products✨
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