Cheese Lasagna Recipe
This lasagne recipe is made with ground beef and vegetables with cheese, herbs and sour cream. Savory and deliciously moist, this meat lasagna has the flavor of vermouth to it and is filled with pine nuts which gives you a burst of mingled flavors and textures to enjoy!
Ingredients
Sauce:
1 pound lean ground beef
6 large mushrooms, sliced
1 large onion, chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons butter
2 eight ounce cans tomato sauce
Equal amount of water
1/4 cup dry white vermouth
1/4 cup pine nuts
3 cloves garlic, crushed
2 tablespoons Marsala or Madeira
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
1 tablespoon dried basil
1/3 cup chopped ripe olives
Lasagne:
1/2 pound "curly edge" lasagne
Olive oil
1/2 pint ricotta cheese
1/2 pound sharp Cheddar cheese, grated
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Directions
Start with the sauce.
In a large frying pan, saute the ground beef in the olive oil until it loses its raw, red color, then remove and set aside.
In the same pan, saute the sliced mushrooms and chopped onion in the butter until transparent.
Return the beef to the frying pan, add all the other sauce ingredients, and cover.
Simmer for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare the lasagne.
Presoak your largest clay pot, top and bottom, in water for 15 minutes.
Boil the lasagne according to directions on package, or as you would macaroni al dente, then drain and set aside.
Line the presoaked pot with a coating of olive oil, then add alternate layers of lasagne, sauce, mixed ricotta and Cheddar, and sour cream.
When all these ingredients have been used up, sprinkle the top with the Parmesan cheese.
Cover the pot and place it in a cold oven.
Set the oven temperature at 480 degrees.
Cook for 45 minutes, or until done.
In a large frying pan, saute the ground beef in the olive oil until it loses its raw, red color, then remove and set aside.
In the same pan, saute the sliced mushrooms and chopped onion in the butter until transparent.
Return the beef to the frying pan, add all the other sauce ingredients, and cover.
Simmer for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare the lasagne.
Presoak your largest clay pot, top and bottom, in water for 15 minutes.
Boil the lasagne according to directions on package, or as you would macaroni al dente, then drain and set aside.
Line the presoaked pot with a coating of olive oil, then add alternate layers of lasagne, sauce, mixed ricotta and Cheddar, and sour cream.
When all these ingredients have been used up, sprinkle the top with the Parmesan cheese.
Cover the pot and place it in a cold oven.
Set the oven temperature at 480 degrees.
Cook for 45 minutes, or until done.
