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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Bolognese Sauce: | 2. In a Medium Sized Pot, olive oil over medium heat. | 3. Add onion, celery seed, fennel seed, carrot and garlic. | 4. Cook until onions are translucent (about 8 to 10 minutes). | 5. Add Ground beef and sausage, and cook until meat is no longer red. | 6. Raise heat to medium high and add wine and stock. | 7. Cook sauce until wine and stock are mostly evaporated. | 8. Reduce heat to low and add oregano, rosemary, parsley, salt, pepper, sage, red pepper flakes, and nutmeg. Let cook for approximately 20 minutes. | 9. Add crushed tomatoes, one can of tomato sauce and liquid smoke, bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer. | 10. Let sauce simmer on low partially covered for about 3 to 4 hours, stir every 30 minutes adding additional tomato sauce as needed. | 11. 10 minutes before serving, add milk. | 12. Béchamel Sauce: | 13. Add milk, onion, bay leaf and peppercorns to a medium sauce pan, on medium high heat, bring just to a boil. Turn heat off. | 14. Cover and let infuse for 15 minutes. | 15. In a medium non-stick pan, melt butter, whisk in flour and cook, stirring, until the flour is foaming but not brown. Turn off heat. | 16. Strain in the hot milk. Whisk well, then bring to a boil, whisking constantly until the sauce thickens. | 17. Add the salt, pepper and nutmeg and simmer for 1-2 more minutes while continuously whisking. | 18. Lasagna. | 19. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees. | 20. Spray a 13x9 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. | 21. Spread 3/4 cup of bolognese sauce in the bottom of the pan. | 22. Place 4 lasagna noodles on top of bolognese layer. | 23. Spread a thin layer of béchamel sauce on lasagna noodles. | 24. Spread another layer of bolognese sauce over béchamel sauce. | 25. Sprinkle 1 1/2 cups of cheese over bolognese. | 26. Repeat with another layer of noodles, béchamel, bolognese and cheese. | 27. Top with the final layer of noodles, bolognese and cheese, cover with foil. | 28. Bake, covered, for 30 minutes. | 29. Remove foil and bake an additional 15 minutes. | 30. Let stand 5-10 minutes before cutting, top with fresh basil and serve. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
onion	1		chopped	16.0	3.736	0.44	0.04
carrot	1		grated	52.48	12.2624	1.1904	0.3072
garlic	2	tablespoons	minced	25.33	5.6202	1.0812	0.085
olive oil	1/3	cup		636.48	0.0	0.0	72.0
beef	1		ground lean	530.4012	0.0	104.5842	12.1947
italian sausage	1	lb		1569.4315	2.9484	64.637	142.1107
beef stock	1	cup		171.36	18.6732	6.3252	8.0892
red wine	1	cup		-	-	-	-
tomato	1	can	crushed	62.068999999999996	13.7631	3.2384	0.5397
tomato sauce	2	cans		-	-	-	-
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1/2	teaspoon		2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
sage	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
oregano	1	tablespoon		7.95	2.0676	0.27	0.1284
rosemary	1	tablespoon		2.227	0.3519	0.0563	0.0996
parsley	1	tablespoon		1.368	0.2405	0.1129	0.03
red pepper flake	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
celery seed	1/2	teaspoon		3.92	0.4135	0.1807	0.2527
fennel seed	1/2	teaspoon		3.45	0.5229	0.158	0.1487
liquid smoke	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
nutmeg	1/4	teaspoon		2.8875	0.2711	0.0321	0.1997
milk	1	cup		148.84	11.6632	7.686	7.9788
milk	2	cups		148.84	11.6632	7.686	7.9788
onion	1/4	cup	chopped	16.0	3.736	0.44	0.04
bay leaf	1			-	-	-	-
peppercorn	1/2	teaspoon		12.595999999999998	0.0782	0.0268	1.3713
butter	1/4	cup		342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
flour	1/4	cup		144.57	31.6514	2.3502	0.5609
nutmeg	1	pinch		2.8875	0.2711	0.0321	0.1997
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
white pepper	1/4	teaspoon		1.776	0.4117	0.0624	0.0127
oven lasagna noodle	12			-	-	-	-
cheese	4	cups	blend shredded	1906.2	12.636	115.56	155.196
basil				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.