Mouthwatering Beef Lasagna Recipes

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook beef over medium heat until meat is no longer pink. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Drain. Stir in the water, tomato sauce and paste, soup mix, oregano, sugar and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes., Spoon 1/2 cup meat sauce into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Layer with 3 noodles and a third of the cottage cheese, mozzarella, meat sauce and Parmesan cheese. Repeat layers twice., Cover and bake at 350° for 40 minutes or until bubbly and heated through. Uncover; bake 5-10 minutes longer. Let stand for 10 minutes before cutting.

Steps:

• Brown the beef in a large sauce pan on medium heat until cooked through; stir frequently.
• Add onion and garlic and cook until onion softens and becomes translucent; stir frequently.
• Add tomato paste and stir until meat is evenly coated with the tomato paste. Then add chopped tomatoes, chicken broth, oregano, salt and pepper; give it a quick stir.
• Bring the meat mixture to a boil then reduce the heat to low. Let it simmer covered for 30 minutes until it thickens. Stir occasionally.
• Preheat your oven to 350°F.
• In another small sauce pan, mix together the butter, flour and milk. Put on low heat and stir vigorously until it thickens, about 10-15 minutes.
• Add cheddar cheese slice or shredded parmesan cheese. Continue stirring until the cheese melts.
• Finally add salt and pepper to your taste.
• Assemble the lasagna: Put the first layer meat sauce, second layer lasagna, third layer meat sauce, then bechamel sauce, shredded cheddar cheese, lasagna, meat. Repeat this until you use up all the sauces, making the final layer bechamel sauce.
• Bake for 35 minutes until the bechamel is lightly golden brown. Let it cool for 15-20 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil with 1 teaspoons of salt. Add the lasagna noodles and boil for 8-10 minutes. Drain the noodles and reserve until later.
• Chop the onion and garlic.
• Cook the ground beef, onion and garlic over medium heat in a skillet until no longer pink. Drain the excess fat.
• Stir the tomato sauce into the ground beef mixture, and keep this mixture in a skillet over low heat until ready to use.
• Mix together the ricotta cheese, 2 Tbsp. parmesan cheese, parsley and oregano.
• Spread ½ Celsius of the tomato sauce mixture in an ungreased 8x8 baking dish. Top with 3 of the cooked noodles and trim to fit.
• Spread half of the ricotta cheese mixture over the noodles; spread with a third of the tomato sauce mixture. Sprinkle with ⅔ Celsius of the mozzarella cheese. Repeat with three more noodles, the rest of the ricotta cheese mixture, another third of the tomato sauce mixture, and ⅔ Celsius of the mozzarella cheese.
• Top with the remaining noodles. Spread the rest of the sauce on top, sprinkle with the remaining mozzarella cheese and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
• Place in the preheated oven and bake for 25 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Let stand about 10-15 minutes before cutting for easier serving.

Steps:

• In a skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain.
• Stir in tomato sauce, onion, sugar, salt, Worcestershire sauce and garlic salt.
• In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, sour cream and milk until smooth.
• In a greased 13x9 baking dish, layer a fourth of the meat sauce, six noodles and a third of the cream cheese mixture.
• Repeat layers twice.
• Top with the remaining meat sauce.
• Cover and bake at 350ºF for 40 minutes.
• Uncover; sprinkle with cheddar cheese.
• Bake 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.
• Let stand 15 minutes before cutting.
• Sprinkle with parsley if desired.

Steps:

• Meat Sauce: Heat the oil in a large fry pan over a medium heat.
• Add the onion and bacon and cook until the onion is golden and tender.
• Add the minced garlic and cook a couple of minutes more.
• Add the mince and cook, breaking up with a fork, until the meat has all changed colour.
• Now add the tomato paste and "cook it out" for another minute or two before adding the wine.
• Allow the wine to reduce a little, before adding the remaining sauce ingredients.
• Simmer until reduced and thickened and a deep rich red/ brown.
• *You could call this"cooked" in 30 minutes, but I like to let it simmer about 2 hours, stirring regularly to make sure it's not catching.
• Add a little more broth or water if it looks like doing so.
• Cheese Sauce:.
• Melt the butter, add the flour and stir well.
• Allow to cook gently for about 2 minutes, then add the milk all in one go, and whisk briskly until heated and thickened.
• Allow to cook a couple of minutes more on a simmer.
• Add the cheese and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Assembly of the lasagna:.
• Spread a little of the beef sauce across the bottom of your pan.
• Cover with a layer of beef sauce and drizzle about half a cup of cheese sauce over this-no need to be too particular.
• Cover with a layer of lasagna sheets.
• Repeat the beef sauce and cheese sauce two more times, then a final layer of sheets.
• Spread the remaining cheese sauce (there should be about 1 cup) over the last layer of sheets, and sprinkle with the shredded parmesan cheese.
• Bake in a moderate oven for about 1 hour.
• Allow to stand about 15 minutes before cutting into squares to serve.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pan, add in oregano, basil, garlic, mixed herbs & chopped onion.Cook for 5 mins until the onions are soft & golden.
• Add the mince to the pan, make sure meat is broken down into smaller pieces, as to cook flavour through the meat and to avoid big clumps. Once the mince starts to brown add tomato paste. Contintue to cook until the meat is completely browned.
• Add the tomatoes & leave to simmer on a low heat for about 20 minutes.
• Whilst the meat ragu is simmering, start to make the white cheese sauce, melt the butter in a pan stir in the flour & cook for 1-2 minutes Take it off the heat & stir in the milk to make a smooth sauce, return to the heat stirring all the time to make sure there are no lumps. Simmer gently for 8-10 minutes Stir in the cheese until melted & season. Becareful not to boil the cheese otherwise it will go stringy.
• Layer the ragu & lasagne sheets in a medium size oven proof dish top with the white cheese sauce.Cook in a preheated oven 200c for 30 mins until bubbling & golden. topping with extra cheese if you like.