Name: Lasagna
Ingredients: 1 pk Lasagna noodles; 3/4 lb Ground beef; 1/4 lb Ground ham; 1/2 Celery ribs, grated; 2 Garlic cloves, minced; 2 Onions, chopped; 1/4 lb Mushrooms, diced (optional); 1 lb Tomatoes, peeled and skinned; Or 1 can tomatoes; 1 tb Flour; 2 tb Olive oil; Salt, pepper, marjoram thyme and nutmeg; 2 tb Flour; 2 tb Butter; 3/4 c Milk; 1/4 c Heavy cream; 1/2 c Parmesan cheese, grated; Salt, pepper, nutmeg; 1 lb Mozzarella cheese, sliced; Tomato sauce

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Dairy		Pasta	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	pk	Lasagna noodles
3/4	lb	Ground beef
1/4	lb	Ground ham
1/2		Celery ribs, grated
2		Garlic cloves, minced
2		Onions, chopped
1/4	lb	Mushrooms, diced (optional)
1	lb	Tomatoes, peeled and skinned
		Or 1 can tomatoes
1	tb	Flour
2	tb	Olive oil
		Salt, pepper, marjoram thyme and nutmeg
2	tb	Flour
2	tb	Butter
3/4	c	Milk
1/4	c	Heavy cream
1/2	c	Parmesan cheese, grated
		Salt, pepper, nutmeg
1	lb	Mozzarella cheese, sliced
		Tomato sauce

INSTRUCTIONS

FILLINGS
BECHAMEL
Cook pasta in plenty of salted boiling water, about 3 sheets at a time.
Transfer them to a bowl with water, ice and a little oil as they cook.
Beef filling: Cook ham in olive oil for 2 minutes. Add beef, stirring until
all red from meat has disappeared. Add onions, grated celery and garlic.
Cook until onions begin to change color. Stir in flour and then add chopped
tomatoes herbs ,salt , pepper and a pinch nutmeg. Simmer half an hour,
stirring often. Bechamel
Melt butter in a saucepan. Once it starts to foam add milk stirring
constanttly. Add salt, pepper and a pinch nutmeg. Continue cooking for 5
minutes, stirring.Add cream and parmesan. Assembling Drain pasta. Butter a
baking dish. Place 1 layer of pasta to cover the bottom. Top with 1 layer
of meat, then another layer of pasta, then 1 layer of cream, 1 layer of
mozzarella, another layer of pasta. Keep alternating in this manner. Last
layer should be pasta.Top with mozzarella and plenty of tomato sauce. Bake
in 350 oven until bubbly. Serve very hot.
Serving Ideas : You may serve an antipasto or just a salad before.
NOTES : You may omit ham, in this case you'll have to use more beef.
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #657 by Leon & Miriam Posvolsky
<posvolsk@centroin.com.br> on Jul 06, 1997

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