Steve’s Filipino Lasagna

Steve ain’t Filipino…but his Lasagna is!

Ingredients

Meat Sauce

• Ground Beef 1.5lbs (80% lean)
• Onions 1.5ea chopped fine
• Garlic cloves 3 smashed and chopped
• Black pepper to taste
• Canned tomato sauce 1
• Ketchup

Besciamella

• Butter 5 tbsp.
• AP Flour 4 tbsp.
• Whole Milk 3 cups
• Nutmeg grated to taste
• Parmesan Cheese, grated

Pasta

• Lasagna Noodles

Instructions

Meat Sauce

1. Heat up a pan with oil over medium heat.
2. Add the chopped garlic, and when fragrant, add the onions.
3. When the onions have softened, add the ground beef and sautee until the beef has browned well.
4. Add the can of tomato sauce. Rinse the can with a little water and add that to the pan as well.
5. Season with Black pepper and Ketchup depending on how sweet you want it.
6. Lower the heat and let simmer covered for at least 30 minutes.

Besciamella

1. Melt the butter in a pan then add the flour.
2. Stir well until the flour cooks and no longer looks raw.
3. Add warm Milk, a little at first while stirring so that you don’t get lumps.
4. Keep adding milk until it’s all incorporated and free of lumps.
5. Still stirring, bring the whole mixture to a boil so that it fully thickens.
6. Add nutmeg and salt to taste.

Finishing the Dish

1. Cook the Lasagna Noodles in salted water.
2. In a baking dish, start with a thin layer of meat sauce, then add a layer of the Besciamella.
3. Add a layer of noodles.
4. Repeat the layers two more times and finish with a layer of meat sauce.
5. Sprinkle parmesan on top.
6. Place in a 375F oven for 30 minutes or until the top is browned and bubbly.