Susan's Delicious Lasagna Bolognese

Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 2 carrots, finely chopped
• 2 celery ribs, finely chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 3 links hot italian sausage or 3 links hot italian turkey sausage
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 4 ounces ground lean lamb (can be omitted to use all ground beef)
• 1/2 cup dry wine
• 28 ounces crushed plum tomatoes
• 3 -4 cups beef stock
• 1/4 cup heavy cream (or 1/2 & 1/2)
• 12 no-boil lasagna noodles
• 3/4 cup fresh parmesan cheese
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 3/4 cups milk, heated
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 first make the bolognese sauce:.
• 2 brown and drain grease from the ground beef, ground lamb and sausage in a large saute pan. break up all lumps with spoon.
• 3 add in 2 t butter and 1 t olive oil and saute the onions, garlic, carrots and celery until softened. add salt and pepper to taste.
• 4 add the wine and stir and then simmer for 5 minutes, or until reduced.
• 5 add the tomatoes and 1 cup of beef stock and bring to a boil. stir the sauce well, then lower heat and half cover pan with lid and simmer gently for 2 hours. stir occasionally during this time and add more stock as it becomes absorbed.
• 6 pour the cream into the sauce, stir well to mix, then simmer without lid for 30 minutes, stirring frequently.
• 7 at this stage -- you can serve this over thick pasta. for lasagna bolognese -- continue with recipe.
• 8 preheat oven to 375. if the bolognese sauce is cold, reheat it. stir in enough stock to make it runny, if necessary.
• 9 make the sauce by melting 1/4 cup butter in a medium saucepan. add the flour and cook, stirring for 1-2 minutes. add the hot milk a little at a time, whisking vigorously after each addition. bring to a boil and cook, stirring until the sauce is smooth and thick. add salt and pepper to taste, whisk well, then remove from heat.
• 10 spread 1/3 of bolognese sauce over the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish.
• 11 cover the bolognese sauce in the base of the dish with 1/4 sauce, followed by 4 sheets of lasagna. repeat the layers twice more, then cover the top layer of lasagna with the remaining sauce and sprinkle the grated parmesan over the top.
• 12 bake for 40-45 minutes or until the pasta feels tender when pierced with a fork. let stand for 20 minutes before serving.