The Best Meat Lasagna Recipe

The Best Meat Lasagna


If you want to win someone’s heart on Valentine’s Day, serve lasagna. Impress that special person with a home-cooked meal made with love. You can even prepare this lasagna the day before. On Valentine’s Day, all you’ll need to do is set a beautiful table with candles while your lasagna reheats in the oven.

Why do I prefer to eat at home on Valentine’s Day, you may ask? I don’t find it romantic to dine in an overcrowded restaurant. On this special occasion, it’s lovely to enjoy a quiet evening at home with my family. I like to serve a meal featuring the color red. Lasagna is a perfect choice, and I used fresh Olivieri lasagna sheets in my recipe. Using fresh pasta saves me time in the kitchen.

Valentine’s Day is about celebrating with the people who mean the most to you. For me, that’s my husband and my three kids. I love making this day special for them. Preparing a meal at home is a heartfelt and delicious way to show them how much I love them.

 

Si vous voulez conquérir le cœur de quelqu'un pour la Saint-Valentin, servez des lasagnes. Impressionnez cette personne spéciale avec un repas fait maison, préparé avec amour. Vous pouvez même préparer cette lasagne la veille. Le jour de la Saint-Valentin, il vous suffira de mettre la table joliment avec des bougies pendant que votre lasagnes se réchauffe au four.

Pourquoi je préfère manger à la maison pour la Saint-Valentin, vous demandez-vous ? Je ne trouve pas cela romantique de dîner dans un restaurant bondé. Pour cette occasion spéciale, c’est agréable de passer une soirée tranquille à la maison avec ma famille. J’aime servir un repas aux couleurs rouges. Les lasagnes sont un excellent choix, et j'ai utilisé des feuilles de lasagne fraîches Olivieri dans ma recette. Utiliser des pâtes fraîches me fait gagner du temps en cuisine.

La Saint-Valentin consiste à célébrer avec les personnes qui comptent le plus pour vous. Pour moi, ce sont mon mari et mes trois enfants. J’aime rendre cette journée spéciale pour eux. Préparer un repas à la maison est une manière sincère et délicieuse de leur montrer à quel point je les aime.



The Best Meat Lasagna Recipe



THE BEST MEAL LASAGNA

Ingredients
500g lean ground beef
1 pkg 360g Fresh Lasagna Sheets
250g mushrooms, finely sliced
750 ml can ground tomatoes with puree and spices
1 cup water
1 onion, diced
1 red pepper, finely diced
15 ml vegetable oil
2 cloves of garlic, minced
5 ml sugar
5 ml salt
5ml Montreal Steak spices
5 ml dried basilic
2.5 ml cinnamon
2.5 ml crushed red chili flakes
allspice, to taste
2 bay leaves
15 slices pepperoni
500 ml cottage cheese
1 egg
500 ml mozzarella cheese, grated

Directions
1- Preheat oven to 350F.
2- Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms and cook 5-6 minutes. Set aside.
3- In a large non-stick skillet cook ground beef with onions for 5-6 minutes until no pink. Add the red pepper and cook for another minute. Add the spices and garlic, cook for 30 seconds. Add the ground tomatoes, the water and the bay leaves. Bring to a boil. Turn the heat down and simmer for 10 minutes.
4- In a small mix the cottage cheese with the egg. Set aside.
5- When the sauce is ready, remove the bay leaves. Mix in the mushrooms.
6. Place 1 1/4 cup of sauce to the bottom of a lightly greased 9x14-inch pan. Layer with lasagna sheets (cut if necessary), top with 1 1/4 cup sauce. Layer with lasagna sheets, top with 1 1/4 cup sauce. Top with the cottage cheese mix. Layer with lasagna sheets, top with 1 1/4 cup sauce. Layer with lasagna sheets, top with 1 1/4 cup sauce. On top of the sauce place 15 slices of pepperoni. Top with the mozzarella cheese.
7- Cover with foil and bake for 35 minutes. It is best to spray PAM on the foil.
8- Remove the foil and bake another 5 minutes. Broil for 2 minutes.
9- Let stand, at room temperature, for 5 minutes before serving.