How to Make the BEST Homemade Delicious Baked Lasagna Recipe

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Baked Lasagna has layers of delicious lasagna pasta, red sauce, white sauce, and cheeses. When you combined these ingredients and bake them, it will become an amazing dish. In this recipe, I will be sharing the baked lasagna very close to my family. We make this lasagna every year, especially during the holiday season. My kids love this and for sure your kids and your family will love it too! Hope you give this a try 🙂

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/5XNelZbzoKQ

Ingredients

2lbs Lasagne (lasagna) Pasta (Barilla) – https://amzn.to/3k0NDRs

[white sauce]

2/3 cup Butter – https://amzn.to/3l1fDFD
2/3 cup All Purpose Flour – https://amzn.to/3k5P8gV
6 cups Milk – https://amzn.to/3k2LTXR
Salt (to taste) – https://amzn.to/369blGc
Pepper (to taste) – https://amzn.to/3etwtKZ
1 tsp Basil – https://amzn.to/32jRNhg
1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese – https://amzn.to/352ZslT
1/2 cup Cheddar Cheese – https://amzn.to/3ercyfK
3/4 cup Water (to adjust the consistency)

[red sauce]

2.7 lbs Ground Beef (80-90% lean beef) – https://amzn.to/3mX5VVr
2 cans (1.81lb / 29oz each) Tomato Sauce – https://amzn.to/32gzjOm
1 head Garlic – https://amzn.to/2TXJHq4
1 pc large Onion – https://amzn.to/3ewygid
2 tsp Italian Seasoning – https://amzn.to/366jvyZ
2 tsp Salt (to taste) – https://amzn.to/369blGc
2 tsp Pepper (to taste) – https://amzn.to/3etwtKZ
1/2 tbsp Sugar (to taste) – https://amzn.to/34YcMrE
Crushed Red Pepper (optional) – https://amzn.to/3n8EY1l

[cheeses]

4 cups Mozzarella – https://amzn.to/2JzZ0D7
4 cups Cheddar Cheese – https://amzn.to/3ercyfK
1 cup Parmesan Cheese – https://amzn.to/352ZslT

Steps

[pasta]

Boil water and cook the lasagna (lasgne) pasta as directed in the box
Drain water, coat the pasta with oil and set the pasta aside

[white sauce]

Heat up the pan (medium-low heat)
Add the butter and melt it
Add the all purpose flour and incorporate with the butter
Add the milk little by little until the flour mixture dissolves (you can use whisk to dissolve it quicker)
Once all incorporated, adjust the consistency by adding some water. You want to achieve not too thick consistency
Add cheddar and parmesan cheese,
Add salt and pepper
Add basil
Continue stirring
Set aside

[red sauce]

Saute onion and garlic
Add ground beef
Add salt and pepper and continue to saute until the ground beef is cooked

Note: If your ground beef is too oily, remove the excess oil

Add crushed red pepper (optional) and Italian Seasoning
Add tomato sauce
Add sugar
Medium-high to bring it to boil
Once boiling, adjust the heat to low and continue simmering for 45 minutes. Make sure to stir occasionally to avoid burning the bottom
Turn off heat and cool it down

[assembly]

Add the pasta on the bottom
Add red sauce and some white sauce
Add some cheese
Repeat the same process to build up the layers in order of pasta, red/white sauce then cheese
After you made 3 to 4 layers, cover with foil and put in the fridge for few hours to overnight

[bake]