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🍝 Classic Lasagne with Meat Sauce and Bechamel

590 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 onion
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 400 g ground beef
• 500 g peeled tomatoes (can)
• 100 ml red wine (alcohol-free)
• salt
• pepper
• 0.5 bunch basil
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp whole wheat flour
• 300 ml milk (3.5% fat)
• nutmeg
• 400 g whole wheat lasagna sheets (16 pieces)
• 150 g Gouda (or other cheese)

Instructions

1. 1. Peel the onion and the garlic.
2. 2. Finely chop the onion and the garlic.
3. 3. Warm the olive oil in a pot.
4. 4. Sauté the onions and garlic until translucent (approx. 4–6 minutes).
5. 5. Add the minced meat and fry it until crumbly.
6. 6. Add the tomatoes to the meat mixture.
7. 7. Deglaze the mixture with red wine.
8. 8. Season the sauce with salt and pepper.
9. 9. Simmer the sauce over medium heat for 20–25 minutes.
10. 10. Stir the sauce occasionally.
11. 11. Wash the basil.
12. 12. Shake the basil dry.
13. 13. Roughly chop the basil leaves.
14. 14. Stir the basil into the meat sauce.
15. 15. Melt the butter in a pot for the bechamel sauce.
16. 16. Sprinkle the flour over the melted butter.
17. 17. Sauté the flour briefly while stirring.
18. 18. Pour in the milk gradually.
19. 19. Whisk the mixture vigorously with a whisk.
20. 20. Make sure no lumps form.
21. 21. Let the sauce simmer for at least 5 minutes over low heat.
22. 22. The sauce should thicken.
23. 23. Season the bechamel sauce with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
24. 24. Remove the sauce from the heat.
25. 25. Spread 1–2 ladles of the meat mixture into the baking dish.
26. 26. Place a layer of lasagne sheets on top.
27. 27. Brush the sheets with some bechamel sauce.
28. 28. Repeat the layers until all ingredients are used up.
29. 29. Finish the lasagne with a layer of meat mixture.
30. 30. Grate the cheese.
31. 31. Sprinkle the grated cheese over the lasagne.
32. 32. Preheat the oven to 200 °C (convection 180 °C; gas: level 3).
33. 33. Bake the lasagne for about 40 minutes until golden brown.
34. 34. Remove the lasagne from the oven.
35. 35. Cut the lasagne into pieces.
36. 36. Arrange the pieces on plates.
37. 37. Serve the lasagne.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 590
• Protein: 31 g · Fett/Fat: 28 g · Carbs: 49 g