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Monday, August 3, 2009

Easy Lasagna

Easy Lasagna for Beginners




You will need:

about 150g minced meat
lasagna noodles
1/2 cup tomato ketchup
240g tomato paste
diced red onins
minced garlic
minced big onions
minced red tomatoes
mozarella cheese
cheddar cheese
120 ml water
olive oil
parsely (fresh or shredded)
salt
ground black pepper
sugar

Directions:

1. Soak lasagna noodles in warm water for about 15-20 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, heat cooking pot with olive oil. Then add in garlic, onions, tomatoes and minced meat on medium heat. Mix well.


3. Once minced meat turns brown, add in tomato paste, tomato ketchup and 120ml water. Mix well. Simmer at low heat. You don't want the meat to be over-cooked.


4. Add shredded parsely, ground black pepper, 1 tea spoon of sugar, and about 1 1/2 teaspoon sugar (up to your preference).



5. Wait to simmer.


6. Laddle lasagna sauce into an oven-safe lasagna bowl (or lasagna pan - preferably stainless lasagna pan. Aluminiun in Aluminium pans will react with the acidic tomato sauce, leaching the aluminium and ruining the taste of your lasagna sauce). to cover the base. Spread lasagna noodles on top, cover with mozarella cheese, and grated cheddar cheese. Next, apply second layer of noodles, laddle amount of lasagna sauce and again repeat fr the second layer.





7. Finally, cover lasagna with remaining lasagna sauce, mozarella cheese, and grated cheddar cheese. Sprinkle parsely. Tent with aluminium foil (do not touch noodles or sauce) an bakefor 190 C for 25 minutes. After 25 minutes, remove aluminium foil and bake again for another 25 minutes with same temperature.


8. Serve after cool for 15 minutes.

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