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Ernestina’s Lasagna

We love returning to grannies we’ve filmed before, and Ernestina welcomed us back into her home as if no time had passed at all. We first filmed her a few years ago preparing cannelloni. She’s 83, lives in Castel Bolognese in the province of Ravenna, and this lasagne is made exactly as she has always done. You know what they say: if it ain't broken don't fix it.

Cook

2h 30m

Ingredients

Method

Turn cooking mode on

Prepare the ragù:

1.

Heat a generous drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil in a saucepan. Add the soffritto and cook gently until softened. Add the minced meat and cook until well browned. Stir in the tomato passata and water, season with salt, and simmer very gently for almost 2 hours. At the end of cooking, add a small glass of red wine and let it cook off briefly.

Extra-virgin olive oil

Mixed soffritto

500 g Mixed minced meat

350 g Tomato passata

300 ml Water

Salt

Red wine

Make the béchamel:

1.

Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add the flour and stir to form a smooth roux. Gradually add the milk, stirring constantly, until the sauce is smooth and thick. Remove from the heat.

80 g Butter

80 g Flour

500 ml Milk

Make the pasta sheets:

1.

Combine the eggs and flour and knead into a smooth dough. Roll the dough using a pasta machine, folding and passing it through several times at setting 8. Reduce to setting 6 for the final thickness, passing it through once.

5 Eggs

500 g 00 flour

Cook the pasta:

1.

Bring a large pot of well-salted water to the boil. Boil the pasta sheets briefly, then drain and lay them out on a clean tea towel.

Assemble the lasagne:

1.

Preheat the oven to 200°C. Spread a layer of ragù and béchamel on the bottom of a baking dish. Add a layer of pasta, then alternate layers of ragù with Parmigiano and béchamel with Parmigiano. Finish with a final layer of ragù and a little béchamel on top.

120 g Parmigiano Reggiano

Bake:

1.

Bake at 200°C for about 30 minutes, until bubbling and lightly browned on top. Let rest briefly before serving.

For

6

M

I

Extra-virgin olive oil

Mixed soffritto, celery, carrot, onion – fresh or frozen

500

g

Mixed minced meat, sausage + pork loin

350

g

Tomato passata

300

ml

Water

Salt, to taste

Red wine, a small glass

Béchamel

80

g

Butter

80

g

Flour

500

ml

Milk

Pasta

5

Eggs, whole

500

g

00 flour

To add when layering

120

g

Parmigiano Reggiano

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Ernestina’s Lasagna

We love returning to grannies we’ve filmed before, and Ernestina welcomed us back into her home as if no time had passed at all. We first filmed her a few years ago preparing cannelloni. She’s 83, lives in Castel Bolognese in the province of Ravenna, and this lasagne is made exactly as she has always done. You know what they say: if it ain't broken don't fix it.

Cook

2h 30m

Ingredients

Method

Turn cooking mode on

Prepare the ragù:

1.

Heat a generous drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil in a saucepan. Add the soffritto and cook gently until softened. Add the minced meat and cook until well browned. Stir in the tomato passata and water, season with salt, and simmer very gently for almost 2 hours. At the end of cooking, add a small glass of red wine and let it cook off briefly.

Extra-virgin olive oil

Mixed soffritto

500 g Mixed minced meat

350 g Tomato passata

300 ml Water

Salt

Red wine

Make the béchamel:

1.

Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add the flour and stir to form a smooth roux. Gradually add the milk, stirring constantly, until the sauce is smooth and thick. Remove from the heat.

80 g Butter

80 g Flour

500 ml Milk

Make the pasta sheets:

1.

Combine the eggs and flour and knead into a smooth dough. Roll the dough using a pasta machine, folding and passing it through several times at setting 8. Reduce to setting 6 for the final thickness, passing it through once.

5 Eggs

500 g 00 flour

Cook the pasta:

1.

Bring a large pot of well-salted water to the boil. Boil the pasta sheets briefly, then drain and lay them out on a clean tea towel.

Assemble the lasagne:

1.

Preheat the oven to 200°C. Spread a layer of ragù and béchamel on the bottom of a baking dish. Add a layer of pasta, then alternate layers of ragù with Parmigiano and béchamel with Parmigiano. Finish with a final layer of ragù and a little béchamel on top.

120 g Parmigiano Reggiano

Bake:

1.

Bake at 200°C for about 30 minutes, until bubbling and lightly browned on top. Let rest briefly before serving.

For

6

M

I

Extra-virgin olive oil

Mixed soffritto, celery, carrot, onion – fresh or frozen

500

g

Mixed minced meat, sausage + pork loin

350

g

Tomato passata

300

ml

Water

Salt, to taste

Red wine, a small glass

Béchamel

80

g

Butter

80

g

Flour

500

ml

Milk

Pasta

5

Eggs, whole

500

g

00 flour

To add when layering

120

g

Parmigiano Reggiano

Your private notes

Only visible to you

Next

Made it?

Comments

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