My friend who stayed in Italy learnt the traditional way to make lasagna, I am surprised how simple it can be (I have seen many complicated recipes....)! It is genuine family dish for everyday life.
This is vegetarian version -
I replaced beef by mushroom and spinach
Ingredients
Olive oil
2 cloves of garlic (just remove skin, cut each clove half)
500g minced beef
1L tomato juice
2 tomatoes, diced
2tbsp cottage cheese (remove water)
50g mozzarella (for pizza - the package has NO water)
400g cottage cheese (remove water)
400g mozzarella, diced (for pizza - the package has NO water)
salt & pepper
12-14 Lasagna sheets
Instructions
1. In a pot, put olive oil and garlic, fry it until you smell the flavor
2. Add in minced beef, fry it until it becomes golden color
3. Add in tomato juice, tomatoes, cottage cheese, mozzarella, salt & pepper, mix well and let it cook until boil
Turn off the heat after the mixture boils for another 10 mins
4. To assemble the lasagne, on a rectangular pan:
Pour olive oil to grease the pan
Preheat the oven at 180°c
5. Lay lasagne sheets to cover the bottom, add the tomato beef mixture to cover the sheets, with a table spoon - add some cottage cheese without mixing it, you'll find white spots on the sauce, then sprinkle mozzarella over the pan
6. Repeat step 5 for 2 times
7. Put the pan into the oven and bake for 30mins or until the surface become golden color
Enjoy!
