I'm looking for a "good" lasagne recipe, that someone has actually tried,?

Question

Can anyone help? Also a good recipe for Vegetable Lasagne? Thank you.

Answer 1

The one on the box of lasagna works quite well. However, they key is to make your own sauce, or modify a bottled sauce. I take a little olive oil, and place it in a large cast iron skillet. After the oil starts to heat, I put in one medium sized onion, and about half a bunch of celery, both very finely sliced, with the onion diced. When those have cooked down pretty well over a very low heat, I add a bottle of Prego and let it brown a little. Add just a little bit of oregano. When it has almost STARTED to brown, I sprinkle it a tablespoon of brown sugar and stir that in well. I then put in about a tablespoon of crushed minced garlic, stir for about a minute, and turn the heat off.

By this time, the lasagne should be boiled enough to work with.

I spread a little sauce on the bottom of the pan, and lay the strips of lasagne on that. Cover with sauce, and either ricotta or drained cottage cheese clumps and a little bit of mozzarella, thinly sliced if you don't have the mozzarella slicer, and a little bit of parmesan. Repeat the layers until the top layer. After you have added the top layer of sauce, ricotta(or cottage), mozzarella and parmesan, finely dust with romano cheese. Romano cheese melts less than parmesan, and makes kind of a toasty finish.

I developed this from the box recipe and its great. You can add zucchini to the onions and celery to cook it a little before you add the tomato sauce if you wish to make a veg lasagne.

Answer 2

Mushroom lassagne is the best.
You don't say whether you have made your own before.
Use fresh pasta, most supermarkets stock it.
Make your own cheese sauce, or buy it, but homemade is best.
Slice the mushrooms thinly with the slicing bit of a grater.
Put them in a big frying pan with lots of garlic - no oil needed as long as you stand there and keep moving them about so they dont stick. Then make your sauce. Bit of butter in a pan, melt it then sprinkle flour in just enough to cover the surface of the butter. Mix together. You might have to keep taking it off the heat to stop it burning. Add a little milk and bring to almost boil. then add a little more milk. Keep going til you have used 3/4 of a pint, or until the sauce is quite thick. Then add a load of your favourite grated cheese. Let this melt. Get another pan of boiling water. Have your baking tin ready. put some mushrooms inn the bottom. Put the fresh pasta sheets (one at a time) into the boiling water for a few seconds then put on top of the mushroom. Cover all mushroom. Then pour some cheeses sauce over. Then more pasta, mushrooms, sauce etc. Layer it how you like. You can also put some fresh spinach on the mushrooms, or tomato. or both!! Whatever you like. On the very top layer of pasta sprinkle some Parmesan then bake in the oven for 30 minutes, leave it to rest for 20 minutes before serving. Enjoy!!
Alternative vege lassagne is to make it as normal but substitute the meat for a tin of your favourit baked beans...

Answer 3

Here's how I make my own lasagna, and the family really likes it.

I cook lasagna noodles according to the box directions. Drain and cool.

I cook 1 pound ground beef (or ground sirloin) with some onion powder. Cook and then drain the grease.

I then get a container of cottage cheese and some mozzarella cheese.

Finally get a large jar of Prego Spaghetti sauce with Mushroom and garlic.

I layer these items in a 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan at 350 degrees (Fahrenheit), starting with sauce, pasta, meat, cheese, sauce,, pasta, meat, cheese, until I'm at the top of the pan. Then I add a final layer of sauce and cheese sprinkled on top. The trick is to put a LOT of spaghetti sauce on it so it still is very moist.

I cook until the middle is heated through, about 45 minutes.

Answer 4

Here are two Lasagna's from the South of Italy as made by my southern Italian girlfriend. 1. The normal lasagna i.e. minced beef mixed with pork basil mozzarella lasagna (the pasta) cherry tomatoes chopped finely and mixed into the sugo ham (cooked) make the layers as you would normally do and put in the oven, grate some parmesan or grana padano cheese over the top. lay off the onions, mushrooms, garlic and oreganum (not very italian actually) 2. lasagna panna di cucina (sour cream or cooking cream) field mushrooms parsley ( a lot) garlic make the layers with these and put some fresh parsley and/or basil on top- in the oven as usual Buon appetito

Answer 5

Great Lasagna: just follow the "no bake" recipe on the Barilla lasagna pasta box. I add chopped spinach and nutmeg to the ricotta & egg mixture for a Florentine style.
For a total change-up, use an Alfredo sauce and chunks of chicken, just dust the top with paprika for browning.
For a veg. Lasagna, my vegan cousin puts brocolli and walnuts in her lasagna, and used soy cheeses. Very nice.
Just try different flavors, layers, adjustments. I can give one piece of advice: be sure you have enough liquid in the pan to cook your no bake pasta.

Answer 6

Easy Lasagne
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Start to Finish: 1 hr 20 minutes

Ingredients:
9 pieces (8 oz.) SAN GIORGIO Lasagne cooked
1 lb. ground beef or turkey
3 cups (about 26-oz. jar) spaghetti sauce(Your Favorite)
1-1/2 cups water
1-3/4 cups (15-oz. container) ricotta or small curd cottage cheese
2 cups (8 oz.) shredded mozzarella
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 eggs
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions:
Heat oven to 350°F.
In 3-quart saucepan over medium heat, brown meat; drain. Add spaghetti sauce and water; simmer about 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, in large bowl, stir together ricotta cheese, one-half mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, eggs, parsley, salt and pepper.
Pour about 1 cup sauce on bottom of 13x9x2-inch baking dish.
Arrange 3 COOKED pasta pieces lengthwise over sauce; cover with about 1 cup sauce.
Spread one-half cheese filling over sauce.
Repeat layers of lasagne, sauce and cheese filling.
Top with layer of lasagne and remaining sauce; sprinkle with remaining mozzarella cheese. Cover with foil.
Bake 45 minutes. Remove foil; bake additional 15 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
10-12 servings.

Answer 7

A few tips on making lasagna is to get ready-cook noodles so you don't have to boil them first. use 2 eggs and a few handfulls of parmesan in your ricotta (16 oz) and a little fresh basil will really make it pop. I like to use bulk sausage and ground beef in my sauce too- and I chop up all kinds of veggies like carrots, onions, zucchini, mushrooms, peppers, garlic... whatever floats your boat. Just saute them up with the meat and pour in 2 big cans/jars of prepared sauce. I just started experimenting with additional layers- last time I put a few layers of pepperoni in there and it was really good! And for a veggie lasagna just leave out all the meat and double up on the veggies you use.

Answer 8

well i make my own sauce celery mushrooms onion garlic 3-4 cloves can whole tomatoes broken up crush tomatoes 1 can tomato sauce green peppers (hamburger) optional saute veggies and hamburger fried separate with italian seasoning let simmer for 20-30 minutes after brought to boil...keep stiring. then prepare the filling cottage cheese creamy mozza shredded and parmesan 500ml or more if needed for larger group add eggs to filler-2-3 then your ready to go layer booiled noodle on bottom of pan with a layer of sauce on bottom then noodles then filling then noodles and sauce put shredded mozza on about last 15minutes and sprinkle with parmesan as well when you smell it usually means its cooked...about 1 hr at 350

Answer 9

Both are good for you, each fruit/vegetable has different vitamins. Thus as more variety, as better. Vegetables have generally less sugar than fruits.

Answer 10

I am a Lasagna addict!! Love it!!

Here is a link for different types of Lasagna receipes.
I have tried each one of them. No kidding! They are all yummy
for the tummy! lol I hope this helps.

http://www.kraftfoods.com/main.aspx?s=search&m=search/knet_search_main&u1=search&u2=Lasagna

And here is another link for Lasagna receipes...
http://recipes.betterrecipes.com/betterrecipes/search.jhtml?_requestid=67329

You will find Vegetable Lasagna at both links above.