Amazing Lasagna

A long-simmered sauce and a proper bechamel. Worth every minute.

⏱ 2 hr 30 min · medium · 🍽 serves 4

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1/2 lb Italian sausage
• 1 onion, diced
• 4 garlic cloves
• 2 cans crushed tomatoes, 28 oz each
• 1/2 cup red wine
• 5 tbsp butter
• 1/3 cup flour
• 4 cups whole milk, warmed
• Fresh nutmeg
• 1 lb lasagna noodles
• 1 lb mozzarella, grated
• 1 1/2 cups parmesan
• Kosher salt

Steps

1. Brown the beef and sausage, add the onion for 8 minutes, then the garlic. Add the wine and reduce, then the tomatoes. Simmer at least 1 hour, uncovered, until thick.
2. Make the bechamel: melt the butter, whisk in the flour, cook 90 seconds, then add the warm milk gradually and simmer until it coats a spoon. Season with salt and nutmeg.
3. Heat the oven to 375F. Boil the noodles two minutes short.
4. Layer: a little meat sauce, noodles, bechamel, mozzarella, parmesan. Repeat four times, finishing with bechamel and cheese.
5. Bake covered 40 minutes, then uncovered 20 until browned and bubbling.
6. Rest 30 minutes before cutting. This is not optional.