Lasagna Sauce - How to make it - Which Flour - Simple please!?

Question

hi, i've made lasagna afew times but my memory is like a seive. I can make the meat... and know how to use the pasta sheets... what i keep forgetting is how to make the sauce and which flour to use!

can someone please give me a very simple sauce recipe... and which flour to use.

Thanks.

Answer 1

if youre talking about the bechamel that covers the lasagna. (white cheesy stufff) its actually quite simple, heat some butter in a pan. wait for the water to evaporate (bubbles go away)

then add some flower, little by little, keep stirring, and keep it at low heat. the flower MUST not bake. but simply brown a bit. i simply use white wheat flower. but i think you can use any grain. dont use maizena or riceflowers.

keep adding flower until you get a thick mixture. (like pancake batter) add some milk. about 1:1. stir a bit, and add the grate cheese.

keep at low heat til the sauce thickens, and the cheese has melted. at no time during the process is the pan supposed to get too hot, using an au bain marie is best.

Answer 2

Flour in lasagna? I am assuming that you are making a bechamel sauce. There are a ton of recipes out there. This is my basic recipe, but I think that it might depend on your altitude.

2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
1 1/4 cups milk, heated
Salt
Freshly ground pepper

Now I am not an iron chef, so I cook this on a really low heat. Let the butter melt and then add the flour. Let this cook for a few minutes. Maybe 2 - 3, you don't want the flour to brown. Then slowly whisk the milk in. I don't have a whisk so I use a fork, just use it quickly. While you are doing this add some salt and pepper. About 1 tbsp. of salt and pepper each. Depends on your taste. Add more milk as it gets thicker. This is the most milk I have ever used.

Answer 3

When you say flour, I assume you mean a white sauce. It;s calles a Rue. You use equal parts of fat and flour. First, melt the butter and add the flour. Cook over medium heat for a minute or 2. Next, add a couple cups of milk. Season with salt and pepper and cook a few minutes until thickened. If it's too thick, just add more milk. At this point, you have your sauce, but you can take it further by adding cheese. Personally I prefer red sauce in my lasagna.

Answer 4

Please tell me you don't use flour in your lasagna sauce!

Try this:

Olive oil
1-2 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced thin
1 medium onion, diced small
1 14 oz can of tomato sauce (you can also use crushed)
1 small can of tomato paste
1/4 cup red wine (optional)
Crushed dried oregano to taste
Salt to taste

Coat the bottom of your pot with olive oil. Once the oil is hot, add the garlic and cook just until you start to see a little color (it will turn a light almondy color). Be careful not to burn your garlic.

Immediately add the onion and salt and cook until the onion begins to look clear.

Add the tomato paste and stir with other ingredients until it is warmed through.

Add can of tomato sauce. Fill the can with cold water and add to the pot. Add the red wine and oregano, stir and bring the pot to a simmer.

Let the pot simmer until it cooks down and gets to a thicker consistency.

When I make lasagna, I add the meat to my sauce.

Answer 5

ok the easiest way i make sauce is

1 can crushed tomatoes
1 can tomato puree
1 can tomato paste
season to taste with garlic and italian seasonings(basil,oregano etc...)
cook in crockpot on high for atleast 3 to 4 hrs or on low for 6 hrs

you can also put this in a regular pot on stove and keep stirring it to make sure it does not burn but that is alot more work

and as for flour i have never heard of using it in lasagna

Answer 6

I hope this is what you're looking for =)

Bechamel Sauce....

INGREDIENTS:
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup heated milk
salt
white pepper
freshly ground nutmeg (optional)

PREPARATION:
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and stir until mixture is well blended. Gradually stir in hot milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until sauce begins to boil and thickens.

Simmer, stirring frequently, over very low heat for 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste and add a little nutmeg, if desire. Makes about 1 cup of medium thick sauce.

OR here is a full Lasagna Recipe with what looks like a mornay sauce..

Lasagna with White Sauce(All-Purpose Flour)

Ingredients:
1 lb. ground beef
1 large onion, chopped
1 can (14-1/2 oz.) tomatoes, cut up
2 Tbs. tomato paste
1 beef bouillon cube
1-1/2 tsp. dried Italian seasoning
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/4 tsp. ground red or cayenne pepper
White Sauce:
2 Tbs. butter or margarine
3 Tbs. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
2 cups milk
1-1/4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
10 to 12 uncooked lasagna noodles

Method
In a Dutch oven, cook beef and onion until meat is browned and onion is tender; drain. Add tomatoes and their liquid, tomato paste, bouillon cube, and seasonings.
Cover and cook over medium-low heat for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Meanwhile, melt butter in a medium saucepan; stir in flour, salt and pepper. Add milk; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat and cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in about half of the cheese; set aside.
Pour half of the meat sauce into an ungreased 13x9x2-inch baking dish. Cover with half of the uncooked lasagna noodles. Cover with remaining meat sauce.
Top with remaining noodles. Pour white sauce over noodles. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Cover with foil and bake at 400 degrees for 40 minutes or until noodles are tender.

Answer 7

never heard of using flour in lasagna sauce..just go to the store and get some ragu spaghetti sauce.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

since when do you use flour in a lasagna?

Answer 10

Ragu.

That's the easiest!

~J~