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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. For the Meat Sauce: | 2. Heat oil in a heavy- bottomed pot over high heat and brown veal for 5 minutes. Add salt to taste. | 3. Add onion, garlic, celery, peppers, dried tomatoes,tomato paste and seasonings. Reduce heat and cook for 15 minutes. Break up whole tomatoes with the back of the spoon and stir sauce occasionally. Add the grated orange zest and cook another 5 minutes. | 4. Cook sausages in a frying pan. Remove, slice and set aside. | 5. For the Bechamel Sauce: | 6. In a saucepan, melt butter and then add flour. Cook for 2 minutes over low heat, stirring constantly. Add milk, salt, pepper and nutmeg to taste. | 7. Blend in the Cheddar cheese, stirring well. Set aside to cool. | 8. Assemble the lasagna: | 9. Preheat oven to 400°F. | 10. Cook lasagna noodles in plenty of boiling, salted water until al dente. Rinse in cold water, oil lightly and set aside on a clean towel. | 11. Pour a layer of meat sauce in the bottom of a lasagna pan. Cover with a layer of noodles, then half of the combined cheeses (tossed together) and half of the Bechamel. | 12. Continue with another layer of noodles and the rest of the meat sauce. Cover with one more layer of noodles, the remaining bechamel sauce and the sliced sausages. Finish with the remaining cheese mixture. | 13. Garnish with fresh basil leaves. | 14. Bake in centre of oven for 40 minutes. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	1/3	cup		636.48	0.0	0.0	72.0
veal	1 1/2		ground	911.2021	9.52	147.5603	31.4841
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
white onion	1		chopped	60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
garlic clove	6		chopped	-	-	-	-
celery rib	2		chopped	-	-	-	-
green pepper	1		diced	29.8	6.9136	1.2814	0.2533
carrot	1		diced	52.48	12.2624	1.1904	0.3072
italian plum tomato	2		canned diced	-	-	-	-
tomato paste	1	tablespoon		13.12	3.0256	0.6912	0.0752
sun tomato	4		sun-dried diced	-	-	-	-
bay leaf	3			-	-	-	-
oregano	2	tablespoons	dried	15.9	4.1352	0.54	0.2568
basil leaf	12			-	-	-	-
thyme	1	tablespoon	dried	2.424	0.5868	0.1334	0.0403
chili pepper flake	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
fennel seed	1	teaspoon		6.9	1.0458	0.316	0.2974
orange zest	1		grated	-	-	-	-
salt pepper				-	-	-	-
italian sausage	2			3138.8629	5.8967	129.274	284.2213
lasagna noodle	12			-	-	-	-
ricotta cheese	1	lb		789.2517	13.7892	51.0746	58.8764
mozzarella cheese	1		sliced	-	-	-	-
romano cheese	2	tablespoons	grated	-	-	-	-
butter	1/3	cup		456.0	20.951999999999998	14.248	38.4
flour	1/3	cup		192.76	42.2018	3.1337	0.7479
milk	2	cups		297.68	23.3264	15.372	15.9576
salt pepper				-	-	-	-
nutmeg			grated	-	-	-	-
cheddar cheese	125	g	grated old	220.0	13.3875	16.7625	11.1

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