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• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

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  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat oil in a large pan; add the finely chopped onion, carrot, mushrooms, bacon, crushed garlic and celery (saving a couple of slices of onion, carrot and celery for bechamel sauce). Fry while stirring for 1-2 minutes; add the beef and cook over high heat for further 2 minutes. | 2. Stir in tomatoes and juices, tomato puree, wine, beef stock, 1 bay leaf, and seasoning. Bring to boil; reduce the heat to a simmer cover and cook for 35 minutes. | 3. meanwhile put the milk into a pan,add the saved slices of onion,carrot,celery,6 peppercorns and other bayleaf,bring slowly to the boil,then remove from the heat cover and leave to infuse for 15 minutes. | 4. Make the bechamel sauce. | 5. Strain infused milk into a jug. Melt butter in a saucepan; add the flour and cook over a low heat stirring with a wooden spoon for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and gradually blend in the milk to prevent lumps. Bring to boil slowly stirring all the time until it thickens; season. | 6. Brush baking dish with butter. Spoon 1/3 of meat sauce into dish, cover with 4 or so sheets of lasagne, then 1 third of bechamel sauce. Repeat twice more. Sprinkle top with parmesan. | 7. Bake in a preheated oven 180c for 45 minutes. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
onion	1			64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
carrot	2	ounces		23.2466	5.4318	0.5273	0.1361
mushroom	4	ounces		38.5553	7.6997	2.5401	0.5557
pancetta	2	ounces		50.4333	0.0	11.22	0.2833
garlic clove	1			50.4333	0.0	11.22	0.2833
celery	1	stalk		10.24	1.9008	0.4416	0.1088
beef	1	lb	minced	530.4012	0.0	104.5842	12.1947
tomato	8	ounces		40.8233	8.8224	1.9958	0.4536
tomato puree	1	tablespoon		5.9375	1.4031	0.2578	0.0328
red wine	1/4			-	-	-	-
beef stock	1/4			42.84	4.6683	1.5813	2.0223
bay leaf	2			-	-	-	-
salt				-	-	-	-
peppercorn			ground	151.15200000000002	0.938	0.3216	16.4552
peppercorn	6			151.15200000000002	0.938	0.3216	16.4552
lasagna noodle	12 -15			50.4333	0.0	11.22	0.2833
parmesan cheese	2	ounces	grated	209.7862	22.6796	22.6796	2.8349
butter	4	ounces		646.38	29.6995	20.1965	54.431999999999995
plain flour	3	ounces		50.4333	0.0	11.22	0.2833
milk	1 1/2	1/2		223.26	17.4948	11.529000000000002	11.9682

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