Bobby Flay Lasagna Recipe

This dish requires time and ingredients as all sauces are prepared but the taste it provides is amazing. The flavors induced in this classic lasagna are even not witnessed in any other lasagna. Just get your ingredients and follow the explained recipe and enjoy this dish.

Ingredients

You have to get the following ingredients as explained below for making this delicious recipe

Ricotta mixture

For making this mixture, you will need the following ingredients

• 2 large eggs that must be casually beaten
• Kosher salt
• ¼ cup of fresh parsley leaves finely chopped
• Freshly ground black pepper
• Half a cup of freshly grated parmesan
• Ricotta cheese of about 3 cups must be stained in a cheesecloth-lined strainer for at least 4 hours
• Chopped fresh basil leaves 3 tablespoons

Marinara sauce

This delicious sauce can be made with the following ingredients

• ¼ cup of chopped fresh basil leaves
• Chopped garlic cloves 3
• Kosher salt
• 3 tablespoons of olive oil
• Black pepper finely grounded
• Flat parsley leaves finely chopped ¼ cup
• Crushed tomato 1 can
• 1 large spinach onion
• 1 can of diced tomato with juice
• Red pepper flakes ½ teaspoon

Bolognese sauce

You can prepare this delicious sauce with the following ingredients

• Beef shanks on bone 3 pound
• 4 tablespoons of olive oil
• Spring fresh rosemary 3
• Salt
• 3 pounds of pork shanks on bones
• Garlic cloves 4
• One cup of dry red wine
• Chopped fresh basil leaves
• Pancetta diced 3/4 cup
• Homemade beef stock or chicken 3 cups
• Finely diced carrot half a cup
• Parsley leaves chopped
• Fresh thyme cuttings 4
• One and a half cup of spinach diced onions
• Ground black pepper
• A cup of tomato sauce
• Finely diced celery half a cup
• One cup of diced tomatoes with juice
• Half cup of diced carrots
• 1 cup of tomato sauce

Béchamel sauce

You can make this sauce if you have the ingredients in following

• Half a cup of freshly grated Parmigiana-Reggiano
• Freshly grated nutmeg a pinch
• Unsalted butter 2 tablespoons
• Freshly ground black pepper
• At least 2 cups of whole milk
• Grated fontina cheese 3/4 cup
• Salt
• 2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour

Instructions

Here we explained this recipe step by step as follows

1. In the first step you have to prepare the Bolognese sauce, for this purpose preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven or high heat and season the beef shanks and pork on both sides with salt and pepper and add them in a pan. Cook them from all sides until it is brown. Cook for 4 minutes at each side. Then place your cooked shank on a plate.
3. Pour about 1 tablespoon of fat from the pan. Add pancetta and cook it until it is golden brown. Cook it for 5 minutes then set it aside on a plate lined with a paper towel with a help of soon.
4. Now add celery, onion, garlic, and carrot to the pan. Cook them properly for about 5 minutes. Insert red wine and continue to stir it until completely boiled and reduced. Now add the chicken stock, rosemary, parsley springs, tomato sauce, and thyme, and allow it to simmer.
5. Return your one-third pancetta and shanks to the pan. Place it in the oven until the beef becomes tender and becomes to fall from the bones. Allow it to cook in the oven for about 2 hours.
6. In the meantime prepare your ricotta mixture. Take a bowl and add eggs, ricotta cheese, parsley, basil, other cheese, salt, and pepper. Stir it well and cover it then place it in the refrigerator for an hour.
7. Remove your beef shrank and place it on a cutting board. Shred in pieces when the beef is cooled enough to touch in a bowl. Stain the cooking liquid and remove the solid from it. Pour the 3 cups of liquid into the pan and allow it to heat and boil it. Cook it until the liquid remains ¾ for about 2 minutes.
8. Add the shredded meat and cooked pancetta to the pan with a cup of marinara sauce. Also, add chopped parsley and basil. Stir it to combine well and then set the Bolognese sauce aside.
9. Now you have to make the béchamel sauce. For this, you have to melt the butter in the pan. Then add the flour to it and continue to it. Add milk to it slowly and continue to stir. Cook it until it loses it raw flavor and gives a thickened mixture for about 5 to 7 minutes.
10. For seasoning the sauce add nutmeg, salt, and pepper to it. Then add cheese, if you find your sauce too thick then you can add more boiled milk to it. As your sauce is prepared set it aside.
11. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. And grease your baking tray.
12. Prepare your pasta if you are using fresh one 2 to 3 minutes will be enough and if dry boil it for 5 minutes. Drain it well.
13. Spread prepared béchamel sauce at the bottom, add the prepared pasta to it, and spread the ricotta mixture to it and béchamel sauce again at it then ricotta mixture. Also, sprinkle parmesan. Place another layer of lasagna noodles and spread all of the prepared Bolognese sauce on it. Spread béchamel sauce on it and sprinkle ricotta mixture and parmesan. Add the last layer of pasta and spread all of the remaining cheese mixture, béchamel sauce, and parmesan on top of it.
14. Put it in the oven and bake it for about 20 minutes covered with foil and then remove the foil and bake it for about 25 to 35 minutes uncovered.
15. Allow it to rest for about 15 minutes after cooking it.
16. Serve it with sprinkling more cheese, basil, parsley, and marinara sauce.

Conclusion

This recipe is worth trying and has plenty of flavors. It requires effort but the taste is amazing. You will be going to fall for this amazing recipe. The time and effort it demands are worth it. You must try this delicious recipe if you love to enjoy lasagna. It is worth trying, and tempting. You can make it to serve your guests, they will for sure love it.

FAQs

How can you make marinara sauce?

Heat oil in a pan, add onion, and cook it for about 3 to 5 minutes. Add garlic, salt, pepper, and tomato sauces to it, and stir it well. Cook it for 25 minutes until it becomes thickened and add parsley and basil.

How much time is required in making this lasagna?

This lasagna demands time as it is enriched with flavors. It requires about 3 hours and 30 minutes its make. But the taste explains that much time. This lasagna is really worth it.