Lasagna

The first time I ate lasagna was 20 years ago when I was still living in Abu Dhabi, and my friend invited me to her palce to have lasagna for lunch.  I thought at the time that making lasagna was complicated so I asked her for the recipe and, and she explained to me the way she did it. Since then, I have made some modifications to her recipe, and my children just love  lasagna I make. I am glad to share it with you today:)

Ingredients: The meat sauce

• 200 gs of minced meat
• 2 large onions
• 4 red tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon of tomato paste
• salt, pepper
• 2 tablespoon of cooking oil

The white sauce:

• 100 gs of butter
• 4 tablespoons of all purpose flour
• about 4 cups of milk
• salt, 1/2 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
• 1/2 cup of shredded emmental cheese, and 1/2 cup of mozzarella

Preparation:

• Heat the oil in a casserole and fry the onion chopped finely
• Add the minced meat to the onion and fry until the meat is cooked
• Cut the red tomatoes in small pieces and add it to the meat with the tomato paste
• Season with salt and pepper and put the sauce aside

Now prepare the white sauce:

• In another casserole melt the butter and add the flour, mix well
• Pour the milk gradually and keep mixing with a whisk
• When the sauce thickens put the fire off and put the salt and the nutmeg

Finally:

• In a deep oven tray, put a large tablespoon of white sauce to cover the bottom of the tray
• Put one layer of lasagna, cover it with meat sauce and then put the white sauce, repeat this until the tray is 3/4 full
• On the top after the last layer of the white sauce sprinkle the cheese and put in hot oven for about 30 minutes

My son was with me in the kitchen while preparing the lasagna, and he came up with the idea to put the lasagna in a aluminium foil cup cake, he did, and it turn out to be beautiful. I think it is a good idea to make a “cup cake lasagna” if you have a party.

ET VOILA.. C’EST TOUT. BON APPETIT!