Lasagna Recipe Easy Fresh Pasta

 

This incredibly delicious lasagna recipe made with fresh pasta sheets and homemade ricotta cheese is super easy to make and will take your lasagna to a whole new level. You can make this lasagna with store bought noodles and ricotta as well, it will still be super delicious, but using the fresh pasta and homemade ricotta really brings it over the top! It’s well worth taking that little bit of extra time to do it as your lasagna will come out amazing! Check out the video posted below for the full recipe, easy directions and the trick to getting your ricotta super creamy whether you’re using store bought or homemade!

Ingredients

1 medium sized red onion

3 cloves of garlic

several stalks of celery

4 medium sized carrots

3 fresh vine ripened tomatoes

Several tablespoons to 1/4 cup of vegetable or olive oil

1 pound of 50% mix of chopped beef/veal or sausage

Several teaspoons parsley

Salt and pepper to taste

1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper

2 cups tomato puree or crushed tomatoes

12 lasagna sheets

2 cups ricotta cheese

2 cups mozzeralla cheese

1/4 to 1/2 cup heavy cream with a splash of mik

1 to 1 1/2 cups grated parmesan reggiano or pecorino romano cheese depending on your taste

Dice vegetables and tomatoes. Take a large pot cover the bottom with oil, when oil has warmed add vegetables sautee lightly, add tomatoes, let cook until soft, add ground meats, brown well. Add tomato puree salt,pepper,crushed red pepper and parsley stir well then reduce heat, cover and let cook for about an hour check on it occassionally. Prepare your lasagna sheets dough. Grate your cheeses and prepare your ricotta cheese by stirring in the 1/2 teaspoon salt,heavycream/milk and parsley. Stir until creamy. Roll out pasta dough , cut into sheets and drop into boiling water for about a minute placing them on a greased pan so as not to stick. Assemble lasagna by placing some sauce on the bottom of your pan, then a layer of lasagna sheets, then a layer of ricotta cheese, a layer of mozzeralla cheese, sprinkle with parmersan cheese then another layer of lasagna sheets. Keep going until all your layers are done.  Cover with tented aluminum foil (so your cheese doesn’t stick to it) bake at 350 farenheit for about for minutes, then remove foil, let cook for another 15 minutes or until golden brown on top. Remove and let cool for about 20 minutes half an hour before cutting. Serve and enjoy! 

Lasagna Sheets Homemade Pasta No Machine

 

Making fresh pasta at home without a pasta machine is incredibly easy. Homemade fresh pasta is more nutritious, tastier and superior to store bought in every way. This fresh pasta recipe for lasagna sheets can be used to make any kind of pasta you like and it’s well suited for lasagna sheets.  It’s a firmer dough which is what you want when making lasagna sheets. You want that pasta to be able to support the sauce and cheeses without having to roll it out too thick which would not go well in the dish. This recipe is just perfect for that. It makes a sturdy dough that you can roll out to just the right thickness. Making it is a breeze, and if you haven’t made lasagna with fresh pasta sheets before it will change how you make lasagna forever. Using fresh pasta and homemade ricotta takes lasagna to a whole new level. One that’s incredibly delicious! For the full recipe with step by step directions  check out the video posted below.

Ingredients

4 cups of flour

4 to five eggs

1/2 to 1 teaspoon salt

a few drops to a tablespoon of oil

Place flour on a board making a well in the center for the eggs, add the eggs into the well with the salt. Mix the eggs with a fork or spoon gradually pulling the flour in until ingredients are incorporated, drizzle with a bit of oil, the turn dough onto counter and start kneading. Kneading is the most important step here as you want to develop those  gluten strands so need well. At least 5 to ten minutes. If your dough is too dry flours vary, you can add an extra egg. Once you’re done kneading roll dough into a ball, wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least an hour. After that you can foll it out and cut it into sheets. Enjoy!