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Perfect Lasagna Recipe Tested by Experienced Amateur Cooks
Lasagna Bolognese Recipe
2016-11-25 13:22:54
Yields 4
Are you still hesitating to make a lasagna? You’d better make up your mind to it right now!
We tried to elaborate an ideal recipe of lasagna bolognese tested by many experienced amateur cooks – and here it is! When talking about the Italian cuisine, it is the lasagna what immediately comes to mind. Lasagna is one of the most popular Italian courses known throughout the world. It has hundreds of variations and each person makes it differently. Though lasagna recipes are quite sophisticated it is definitely worth trying to make it – no doubt that all of your guests will be extremely delighted with such a dinner.
Ingredients
- Pasta sheets 10-12
- Minced beef 0.6 lb
- Tomatoes 4
- Carrot 1
- Garlic cloves 2-3
- Onion 1
- Parsley 0.5 tuft
- Stemmed celery 0.5 tuft
- Dill 0.5 tuft
- Olive oil 3 tbsp
- Butter 0.1 lb
- Milk 0.5 liter
- Flour 1-2 tbsp
- Heavy cream 100 ml
- White wine 100 ml
- Parmesan 0.2 lb
- Salt
- Pepper
- Dried species
- Nutmeg
- Sugar 2 tbsp
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Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a large stew-pan and fry the minced beef for 4-5 minutes.
- Peel an onion, garlic, carrots and celery. Grate the garlic and chop the vegetables. Add them to the beef and continue frying.
- Add chopped parsley, salt, pepper, sugar and white wine. Boil the ingredients, cover the pan and leave them stimmer.
- Scald the tomatoes with boiling water and peel them. The tomatoes have to be really ripe. Grind them up with a blender into puree. Add the puree to the stew-pan and pour some hot water (½ cup maximum).
- When the sauce boils up, add some dried species. Italian species such as basil, thyme and rosemary will suit perfectly. Pour ½ cup of heavy cream into the stew-pan.
- Stew the sauce on the lowest heat possible for 2 hours. You can add some more salt, pepper, sugar or species if you like. After that the bolognese is ready!
- To make bechamel melt butter (do not use any spreads or margarine) in a separate pan. As soon as the butter melts and begins to bubble, add flour and stir the mixture with a wooden spoon, make sure that there is no lumps in the mixture! Pour cold milk little by little while stirring the sauce. Boil the sauce on low heat for 10-12 minutes. You can add some nutmeg or pepper to make bechamel a little bit more spicy.
- Butter the baking dish and spread 2-3 tablespoons of bechamel on its bottom. Put one layer of pasta sheets and spread them with bechamel. Add some bolognese and cover it with more pasta sheets. The next steps are easy: pasta sheets – bechamel – bolognese. Repeat them until you get 5-6 layers of pasta. The last layer of pasta sheets is to be spread by bechamel only.
- Sprinkle the lasagna with parmesan and bake it in the oven for 30-40 minutes at 400°F.
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Whole Wheat Banana Bread Recipe
Banana Bread Recipe
2016-11-22 12:05:04
Healthy eating no way means turning your back to banana bread! That’s a real life-saver when you crave for something delicious and comforting, but have nothing special at hand. Use whole wheat flour instead of regular flour and honey instead of sugar, and enjoy waist-friendly banana bread!
Ingredients
- Ripe bananas 2-3
- Milk ⅓ cup
- olive oil ⅓ cup
- Whole wheat flour 2 cups
- Honey ½ cup
- Eggs 2
- Baking soda 1 tsp
- Salt ⅓ tsp
- Cinnamon ½
- Vanilla extract ½ tsp
- Chopped nuts 1 handful
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Instructions
- Mash bananas in a medium-size bowl.
- In a separate bowl whisk eggs, and mix them with honey and olive oil. Add mashed bananas, mix well, then add milk and mix again.
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Mix in vanilla extract, salt and baking soda. Add cinnamon and stir the pastry
- Add flour and thoroughly stir the mixture to make sure there are no lumps in it. Finally, add in the chopped nuts and mix until well blended.
- Coat loaf pan with olive oil.
- Bake the bread for about 1 hour. The top should turn golden brown and get firm. You can check it for doneness by sticking a fork into the center of the loaf – it should come out clean.
- Remove from oven and let cool before slicing.
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Creamy lemon chicken
Creamy lemon chicken
2016-10-31 12:20:31
Looking for a fantastic chicken recipe? Look no further! Lemon, cream and crock-pot work miracles – this is probably to most tender chicken in the world!
Ingredients
- Boned chicken thighs 1 lb.
- Oil 1 tbsp.
- Onion 1 small
- Garlic powder ½ tsp.
- Dried mixed herbs 1 tsp
- Salt
- Pepper
- Chicken stock 1 ½ cup
- Cream ½ cup
- Lemon 1
- Cornflour 1 tbsp.
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Instructions
- Season the chicken with salt and pepper and roll in garlic and herbs.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan and gently fry the onion until golden. Remove the onion from the pan and fry the chicken until golden.
- Put the chicken and onion in the crock-pot. Add the stock liquid. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours. Do not remove the lid whilst the dish is cooking.
- Remove the chicken and keep warm. Add the cream, 1 tsp grated lemon zest and 2 tbsp. of lemon juice to the crock-pot.
- Dissolve the cornflour in a little cold water and transfer the contents of the stock pot to a saucepan. Add the cornflour liquid and cook until the sauce thickens.
- Pour the sauce over the chicken and serve with rice.
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