Italian lasagna

Name: Italian lasagna
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: About 10 or 12 lasagna sheets depending on the baking dish; 4 minced garlic cloves; 1 big or 2 medium onions; 500 grams of minced beef (1 pound).; 1 bag of grated cheese, preferably Parmesan cheese ( about 2 cups ); 2 cans of diced tomatoes; 4 basil leaves, we've used African blue basil; 2 eggs; 1.5 tablespoons of Italian seasoning; Olive oil; Salt and pepper; Stick of butter for greasing a baking dish; optional: fresh chopped parsley for garnishing the dish

Taste the flavours of Italy with this Italian lasagna with a homemade sauce, cheese and layers of meat with pasta.

1 hour 35 minutes

6 persons

Main course

Recipe italian lasagna

Made by Véronique

Published at 2014-07-31, this recipe is for 6 persons and takes 1 hour 35 minutes.

Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.

Updated at: 2024-07-31

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Preparation time

10 minutes

Time cooking

1 hour 25 minutes

Total time

1 hour 35 minutes

Preparation – 10 minutes

Start by dicing the onion. Finely chop the four cloves of garlic and set them aside. Chop up the fresh basil and the parsley if you want parsley into the Italian lasagna. Crack the eggs in a bowl and add about 1/4th of the cheese.

Season with pepper and salt and whisk well. Preheat your oven to a temperature of 200 degrees celsius or 400 fahrenheit.

Cooking the Italian lasagna sauce – 40 minutes

Take a skillet, add in some olive oil and put it on a medium-low fire. Add the diced onions and sauté for about 5 minutes (or when tender) on medium-low fire when the oil is hot enough.

Add the minced beef with the chopped garlic and occasionally stir for about 10 minutes or when the beef is no longer pink but brown. Add in the two cans of diced tomatoes and add some salt and pepper to taste. Stir the sauce until thoroughly blended.

Take the skillet off the fire. Grease a 13 by a 9-inch baking dish with a stick of butter. This will prevent the lasagna from sticking to the baking dish later on! arrange lasagna sheets to cover the baking dish's bottom part.

Add a layer of italian lasagna sauce and half of the whisked eggs and cheese. Repeat for the next layer too.

The composition should be lasagna sheet, sauce, and sauce. Ensure you are not adding a sheet of lasagna to the top of the baking dish.

If you do so, you can risk the italian lasagna having a burned top part. Although the italian lasagna sauce is time-consuming and labour-intensive, it is truly worth the extra effort.

tip: make the sauce beforehand to cook a homemade lasagna in about 50 minutes instead of 95 minutes!

Baking the Italian lasagna – 45 minutes

Put the baking dish into the preheated oven for about 45 minutes. Depending on the type of oven you have, you should check if the dish isn't going to burn.

The italian lasagna will be ready in about 45 minutes. Enjoy your meal!