Lasagna Bolognese (lasagna Al Forno)

Total Time: 2 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup onion, finely diced
• 1/3 cup carrot, finely diced
• 1/4 cup celery, finely diced
• 1 garlic clove, diced (more if you like garlic)
• 1/4 cup dry white
• salt
• pepper
• 2 1/2 cups tomatoes, pureed in a blender
• 1 pinch nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons milk or 2 tablespoons heavy cream
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 3 -4 tablespoons flour
• 2 1/4 cups milk
• salt
• 7 ounces parmigiano-reggiano cheese, freshly grated (divided)
• 1 pinch nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 tomato sauce.
• 2 place oil and butter in a saucepan, and turn the heat to medium.
• 3 when the butter starts foaming, add the diced onion, carrot, celery, and garlic.
• 4 sauté and stir until the onion is soft and translucent.
• 5 this is the time to add the ground meat if using.
• 6 stir with a wooden spoon, and break the meat into small bits. cook until the meat is fully browned.
• 7 add the , salt and pepper (to taste). turn the heat to high, and let the evaporate. (posting of 1/4 cup would not register correctly when entering recipe).
• 8 add the tomato, nutmeg, and milk (milk helps cut down on acidity). when the sauce starts boiling, turn the heat to low.
• 9 cover the saucepan and simmer slowly for about 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
• 10 white sauce.
• 11 place butter in a saucepan and turn the heat to low. when the butter is melted, remove the saucepan from the stove.
• 12 add the flour, stirring continuously until golden.
• 13 add the milk a little at a time. put the saucepan back on the stove and slowly stir with a wooden spoon, until the sauce starts boiling and becomes thicker.
• 14 turn heat off. add salt to taste, and stir in the 1 oz. grated parmigiano cheese and pinch of nutmeg.
• 15 pasta.
• 16 begin cooking lasagna pasta in salted water as directed on package. prepare al dente. to stop the cooking process, run cold water over drained pasta.
• 17 while pasta is cooking, begin.
• 18 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 19 grease heavily a large 13x9 baking dish.
• 20 spread 2-3 tbs. of tomato sauce over the bottom of the baking dish.
• 21 place one layer of pasta over sauce in dish.
• 22 spread with tomato sauce but not so thick you can't see pasta showing thru.
• 23 spread with balsamella white sauce. try to pour as evenly as possible but don't blend. not all tomato sauce should be covered.
• 24 top with 2 ozs grated parmigiano reggiano cheese.
• 25 repeat two times.
• 26 top layer will be a beautiful marble of white sauce over the tomato sauce.
• 27 bake for about 25 – 30 minutes. doneness is when you fork the lasagna, it will pull out easily from the pasta.
• 28 serve hot.