lasagna with a white sauce
This is a recipe given to me many years ago by my then MIL. It is a delicious lasagna made with a white sauce instead of the more widely know red sauce. This is great for those who's tummies cant handle the red sauces or hey just as a twist to an old fave!
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Ingredients
- - 1 box lasagna noodles (cooked according to pkg and drained)
- - 2 lbs ground sirloin
- - 4 medium tomatoes (peeled and mashed well with fork)
- - 1 medium carrot (grated)
- - 2 medium onions (minced)
- - 5-6 garlic cloves (pressed thru garlic press)
- - 1 quart + 2 oz milk
- - 1 stick of butter
- - 1 c all purpose flour
- - 12 oz mozzerella cheese
- - parmesan cheese
- - salt, pepper, garlic powder,
- - olive oil
How To Make lasagna with a white sauce
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Step 1In non stick pan saute onion and garlic till onion is clear in color. Add grated carrots and saute gently for about 8 to 10 minutes.
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Step 2Now add the ground sirloin and season with salt pepper and garlic powder to taste. Cook until meat is cooked all the way thru.
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Step 3Add mashed tomatoes to this and simmer for about 6 to 8 minutes. Set aside.
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Step 4White sauce: melt the butter in a frying pan and while doing this, in a seperate pan bring milk to boil.
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Step 5Once butter is melted add flour to it mixing well as you do so, and fry this lightly. Now pour milk into this in a thin constant stream mixing it in well. Return to a boil then heat until the sauce has a nice consistancy. Add salt pepper and garlic to taste.
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Step 6In your lasagna pan put a thin layer of sauce and then a layer of noodles, follow this with a layer of the meat mixture a layer of mozzerella and parmesan cheeses and then a layer of the white sauce. Repeat these steps again, for one or two layers and end with noodles, then sauce and grated cheeses.
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Step 7Bake in preheated 325 degree oven for 40 to 45 minutes, remove, sprinkle with parmesan cheese and return to oven for additional 5 to 10 minutes.
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Step 8You can serve this with a side of your favorite tomato sauce if desired.
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