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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Cook the garlic, panchetta and fresh vegetables for 5 minutes, stirring. | 2. Increase the heat, add the beef and brown. Add the tomato, wine, stock, oregano and tomato paste. | 3. Bring to the boil, stirring, then simmer for 50 minutes. Meanwhile steam the spinach to wilt; squeeze dry. | 4. To make the sauce, melt the butter in a heavy-based saucepan and ook the flour to make a smooth paste. Remove from the heat and slowly stir in the milk until smooth. | 5. Return to the heat and stir until the sauce boils and thikens. Cook over low heat for a minute, then stir in the ricotta, nutmeg and parmesan and cook until melted. Preheat the oven to 180c. | 6. Grease a lasagne dish. Layer one-third of the meat sauce, then pasta sheets, then 185ml of cheese sauce. Top with half the spinach and half the fontina. Continue layering; top with extra parmesan. bake for 45 minutes. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	1	tablespoon		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
garlic clove	2		crushed	1260.8333	0.0	280.5	7.0833
pancetta	50		chopped	1260.8333	0.0	280.5	7.0833
onion	1		chopped	60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
carrot	1		grated	29.52	6.8976	0.6696	0.1728
celery	1		chopped	16.16	2.9997	0.6969	0.1717
mushroom	125		chopped	-	-	-	-
beef	1	kg	minced	1169.3331	0.0	230.5685	26.8847
tomato	600		chopped canned	37241.3793	8257.8711	1943.0285	323.8381
red wine	250			-	-	-	-
beef stock	250	ml		181.0743	19.7318	6.6838	8.5478
oregano	1	teaspoon	dried	2.65	0.6892	0.09	0.0428
tomato paste	3	tablespoons		39.36	9.0768	2.0736	0.2256
spinach	500			16500.0	2925.0	1650.0	225.0
butter	60			5130.0	235.71	160.29	432.0
plain flour	4	tablespoons		1260.8333	0.0	280.5	7.0833
milk	500			74420.0	5831.6	3843.0	3989.4
ricotta cheese	200			86304.0	1507.84	5584.96	6438.08
nutmeg	1	pinch	grated	0.7219	0.0678	0.008	0.0499
parmesan cheese	50	g	grated	185.0	20.0	20.0	2.5
lasagna	250	g		240.0	36.0	17.75	5.75
fontina cheese	250		sliced	128370.0	511.5	8448.0	10276.2
parmesan cheese	100	g	grated	185.0	20.0	20.0	2.5

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