Beth's Homemade Lasagna Recipe | ENTERTAINING WITH BETH
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Learn how to make an easy lasagna recipe that is perfect for a Sunday Night Dinner. Makes enough lasagna to feed 10-12 people or makes for great leftovers too.
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BETH’S LASAGNA RECIPE
Serves 12
INGREDIENTS:
For Meat Sauce:
2 tbsp (30 ml) olive oil
1 cup (240 ml) yellow onion, diced
½ cup (120 ml) carrots, diced
1/3 cup (80 ml) celery, diced
salt and pepper to taste
½ pound (230 g) ground beef
½ pound (230 g) Italian pork sausage
½ tsp (2.5 ml) salt
freshly cracked pepper to taste
2 tsp (10 ml) Italian Seasoning
¼ tsp (1.25ml) fennel seed
1 can/15 oz (445 ml) diced tomatoes
1 can/15 oz (445 ml) tomato sauce
¼ cup (60 ml) tomato paste
1 cup (240 ml) white wine or chicken or vegetable broth
2 cloves garlic
For Béchamel Sauce:
3 tbsp (32 g) unsalted butter
3 tbsp (32 g) flour
3 cups (700 ml) milk
1 tsp (5 ml) salt
pinch of nutmeg
2 tsp (10 ml) fresh thyme, minced
2 cloves garlic
2 ½ cups (595 ml) Italian Blend Cheese, Shredded
1 package Fresh Lasagna noodles (12 noodles total to make 3 layers)
METHOD:
In a large sauce pot heat olive oil and sauté onion, carrots and celery for 3-5 mins until fragrant and translucent.
Add beef, sausage, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning and fennel seeds and brown meat until cooked through completely. Add wine or broth and allow to simmer until reduced by 1/3.
Add diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, and tomato paste, stir to combine with meat and veggies. Add garlic.
Simmer meat sauce for 30 mins. Meanwhile, prepare the béchamel sauce.
In a large sauté pan melt the butter, once foamy add the flour. Whisk until it forms into a paste, cook by whisking for 1 minute. Then slowly add the milk, whisking all the while until a creamy sauce develops. Cook this mixture, until a soft boil and sauce thickens. Remove from heat.
Add salt, nutmeg, thyme, and garlic. Stir to combine and set aside.
Then take out a 9x13 oven-safe casserole dish that has been lightly greased. Add 1 ladle of béchamel sauce in the bottom, and smooth to cover bottom of the dish.
Then place a layer of noodles, 4 sheets touching each other. And add 1 ladle of meat sauce for each noodle, top with ¼ cup of Béchamel Sauce for each quadrant, and sprinkle with 1/2 cup of cheese on top.
Peat this process 2 more times creating 3 layers. But on last layer add a full cup of the cheese. A little cracked pepper and a sprinkle of the Italian seasoning.
Bake at 325F for 45-55 mins until cheese is golden brown. Slice into squares and pair with a tossed green salad.
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Hi Beth!! First off your lasagna is simply beautiful! Secondly I am from Rome and I guarantee you no one here uses ricotta. I'm so glad you used bechamel 😍
Emma's Goodies
Location Lasagna di Canrnevale does include ricotta.
No joke... my goal is to be more like Beth. I wish she were my actual friend. Lol. Beth you're so inspiring to someone like me who is an introvert and social inept. You give me hope and help me lose the stress. God bless you woman!
Hi, you seem pretty at ease in this comment! God bless you and be encouraged no matter what! ❤
Oh she is riggggght ! When I’m down or happy , I watch a Beth video . I wish she was my actual friend too! ❤️
I have lived in Italy for 5 years and have found that it depends on the region. For people in a certain region the ricotta is a must. It's criminal not to do that. For some they use a creamy béchamel sauce.
Yep
Hi, Beth! I'm Italian and I can say that we don't traditionally put ricotta cheese in lasagna. At least, my mom has always used bechamel sauce and I love it because it makes lasagna really creamy and delicious.
Anch'io l'ho sempre mangiata solo con la besciamella.
Hi Beth! I was born and raised in Venice, and we do not put ricotta in our lasagna, just besciamella. However our besciamella is definitely thicker than yours and we cook the ragù for two to three hours :)
Giulia V. Matthews Yeah, 30 minutes is not enough time for the ragu, lol
For me, & I am non-Italian lasagne adorer, it’s not a true lasagne without ricotta. Seasoning the ricotta is one of the most treasured activities in making a lasagne from scratch: you add 2-3 excellent, free range, organic eggs; fresh flat-leafed parsley leaves, finely chopped or minced; & ground fresh black peppercorns & good salt. I suppose you could add different spices - I love the idea you have of adding fresh thyme & fennel seeds to the sauce - but, up to now, I’ve relied solely on s&p, but special s&p. I am so happy to have found your show‼️ My family, on both sides, are French Huguenots & I know the 23rd Psalm in French by heart❣️I’m so impressed with your wonderful, conversational French❣️
why not use ricotta cheese WITH a bechamel sauce?
Not sure it's traditional. But Ricotta cheese is a must for me and my family
I actually LOVE this recipe because I can’t digest ricotta cheese very well so I prefer this recipe and it works for me
Hi Beth!! I recently moved from Chile to Canada and yesterday I hosted a dinner for some friends for the first time since I got here a little over a month ago. I can't tell you how nervous I was: new electric stove v/s my old gas one, different ingredients, PhD student with little time to shop etc etc. Anyways, this recipe was A HIT. Everyone loved it and I managed to entertained a little like you. Thank you so much for all the love and dedication you put in your food.
Hi Beth,
Barbara here, just recently found your web site and I have been enjoying it very much, so much so that I will tell you about a little secret for your meat sauce that an old Italian lady told me when I was first married. Put a slice of orange peel in your meat sauce whilst cooking it.
It really does elevate it to another level. Fish it out before serving. ( I keep a slices of orange peel in the freezer ready for use)
Sending you best wishes from the U.K. xxx ❤
Hey beth :) I'm italian and where I live, I've never heard of a Lasagna recipe that has ricotta in it, but it might be different in some other parts of Italy! I always put besciamella in it so yeah I feel you :) really enjoy watching your videos, by the way, they're very inspiring xx
Ricotta is a must! But I am going to try your way ❤️
Made this recipe for my vegetarian daughter, substituting the meat for quorn mince. It was delicious. Thank you x
Beth, thank you! One more time!
I love your recipes and your enthusiasm!
SO HAPPY IN THIS VIDEO😃👍👍👍
I have no idea whether ricotta cheese is traditional, I do know that it is delicious and that's what really matters
I like the idea of the fresh lasagne sheets. I never knew those existed. Time to go on the hunt. Looks so delicious.
Thanx Beth out of all the lasagna recipe this is the only one that tast good and looks amazing
YAY! I've been waiting for this recipe 😋 I cooked it tonight and it was just perfection 👌🏼 Thank you Beth ❤️
Beth I just started watching your channel and I want to let you know I love all of your videos!!!
Aww thanks Jaxon :) So glad you found me and enjoy the videos WELCOME! :)
I'm watching your video when I saw a notification!!!
The sauce is a nice idea especially for reducing the effects of lactose intolerant eaters.
With all your recipes on your tube, you have to put them in a cookbook ❤️😊
Hi Beth, yesterday mum told me that i have to find out what to cook for dinner... I really love traditional hungarian dishes, but they are so boring to me now since i am eating them week by week. So today i've just shown this recipe to my mom, and she told me that it looks so delicious, but she also said: " It doesnt look like a "ready in one hour" meal " but she promised that we will make it next weekend. I hope we will create a tradition too (if se wont forget it 😂)
Great recipe Beth ! Thank you so much for sharing! I know it's not original Italian but in Greece when we make lasagna we add bechamel sauce just like you do. The only difference is we add egg and cheese in it, and it's still delicious of course... So I guess there are many options to this recipe! ☺️
I think your recipes are explained so easy that I will try your 3 puff pastry buns. Thank you very much.
It's our today lunch. Very easy, quick and above all that my kids like it.
Thanks Beth ❤️
Oh nice! If the kids love it, that's the BEST compliment ever! :) Ha! So glad it was a hit!
I'm married into a Sicilian/American family and they use ricotta. I thought bechamel sauce was used in Greek Pastitsio which is similar to lasagna. Either way... yummy 😋
I'm Australian & my late mother taught us to use Béchamel sauce but ours is a lot thicker & she also used sour cream mixed with other goodies just before the final lot of cheese, it's to die for! We have no Italian heritage in our family. It's also nice to be able to see each section of the lasagne and not have the béchamel sauce mixed in with the meat sauce, if that's going to happen then why go to the trouble of cooking it as no one will know it's there or how you lovingly prepared it? I still enjoyed watching how you made yours though Beth! I enjoy watching recipes we make being made a different way as another way might be tastier. Thank you for your recipe, if I can find the ingredients I'll give your recipe a go just to see how it tastes as there's no right or wrong way to cook, it's all just different😊
I'm Italian (Sicilian/Calabrese) and my grandmother only used bechamel.. the ricotta is an Italian-American thing.. they don't use it in Naples, Italy where it originated
Jenn Muntz
LASAGNA NAPOLETANA
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Ingredienti
1 confezione di lasagne secche da 500 g - chi ha tempo può ovviamente prepararle anche a mano, anche se si tratta di una procedura che allunga, e di parecchio, la preparazione delle lasagne
300 g di RICOTTA DI PECORA
250 g costolette di maiale
6 cervellatine, le salsicce di cui abbiamo parlato poco sopra
1 bicchiere di vino rosso, possibilmente secco
una cipolla
2 cucchiai di olio extravergine di oliva
sale
4 foglioline di basilico
2 litri di passata di pomodoro
350 g di provola affumicata
3 uova
200 g di parmigiano grattugiato. Chi lo gradisce può utilizzare ovviamente anche il Grana, senza alcun tipo di problema
Hi Beth, where did you buy the lasagna sheets? I've never those before but can't wait to try your recipe with them. Your recipes and videos are so lovely. My kids always want to watch them with me.
I made this recipe (pork sausage substituted with Italian chicken sausage). It was delicious!!!
Thank you for this recipe! Made this for Sunday dinner today & my family & I love it!! 🥰😋
YAY! I'm so glad it was a hit! :)
This looks like an amazingly delicious lasagne recipe! Thank you!! I'm Italian American and we always use ricotta when making lasagna. I never heard of a white sauce with lasagna before. Maybe different parts of Italy make the dish differently? My grandmother came from Minturno and my grandfather came from Bari.
Hi Beth I'm Italian / Australian and I grew up with the typical Italian lasagna. Each region makes it differently, my mother doesn't add ricotta to her lasagna, but she makes her creamy besciamella Sauce ( as she calls it ) without fail. She used her typical 5 hr Italian bolognese sauce, and layers it just the same as you do and sori Kyle's some parmigiana Reggiano cheese over the sauce, layers and repeats. Your lasagna looks delicious. I'm so sure Vincenzo makes it differently too. 😊😬
Oh my 5 hr sauce! That sounds totally amazing! :) And yes curious to see Vincenzo's version. Do you know his channel? It's so great! So entertaining! :)
Entertaining With Beth yes I know him and he knows me, great man he is 🙂
Thanks for sharing Beth. I never heard lasagna with bechamel sauce before can't wait to try it
Hi, Beth. That lasagna looks beautiful. Be careful, Garfield might get his paws on it. What do you love about lasagna? Have a good day, Beth. 💖💖💖
I love that you can also make this ahead of time and it's one dish that will feed 12 people! HA! That's the best part :) Have a great weekend Byron!
I want to have this dinner now and it's not even a Sunday. Ha. Bravo!
I grew up with an Italian mother. Her lasagne always has ricotta cheese and now so does mine!
I was at the grocery store yesterday asking myself if you had a lasagna recipe. This is weird. Haha
Ha! Perfect timing! Ask and you shall receive LOL! :) Enjoy!
Entertaining With Beth
This looks amazing, Beth! I just love your space here on youTube! Please make a video with your husband or kids! I'd love to "meet" the family! Love from Idaho!
Beth... I just love your channel, so so easy.. Keep up your excellent work!!
Awe thank you! :) So glad to hear you enjoy it! I really appreciate the support! :)
lasagne is my all time favourite dish!!
My dad is half-italian too and we always go with beshamel ;)
I'm making this today! thanks Beth you are an amazing chef!
Great recipe, Beth! Will definitely be trying this.
I'm not Italian, however, I grew up knowing ricotta in the lasagna. I really like the option of using a béchamel sauce.
Hi Beth! I actually do my lasagna with bechamel....instead of ricotta because ricotta here in Panama is quite expensive and I dont like using cottage. Now, bechamel goes great with lasagna too. And its less time consuming and less expensive.
Where I come from, which is California, Ricotta is included in the Lasagna. However; that being said, I am all for trying something new. In fact, I often find that I like the new twist even better than the old tradition. I look forward to making this with the Bechamel.
Oh my goodness!!! To satisfy my hub and 14 yr old son, I used the bechamel WITH some ricotta cheese and they went CRAZY!!! I never knew that bechamel could make such a difference! Never making lasagne any other way.
I know right?! It's so good that way! It's really the BEST! LOL! I'm so glad you all enjoyed it too!
Beth, your Lasagna is amazing. Your recipe is very similar to own meat lasagna. This dish is a winner in my house and i always make it for an special ocassion.
Happy sunday in LA,
Patricia.
Looks great! Thanks Beth!
Love your channel Beth! Please do another gardening video soon :)
I know my poor garden is so sad right now. California just has had such a bad drought the last few summers that come July/August it just a sad sight out there :( Hopefully this winter we will get more rain!
Ricotta is amazing. I don't leave it out because it's the best part!
This looks delicious!!!! I actually don't like ricotta cheese so this is perfect for me!
I agree with your Dad using ricotta cheese gives the lasagna richer flavor and creamier texture I used to do Bechamel sauce but I have switched to Ricotta instead and I am not Italian.
Beth, its perferct recipe! You r amazing
My husband's Italian great-grandmother used ricotta in her lasagna. I have not heard of using bechamel before.
i'm italian and my mom makes lasagna every sunday (so tomorrow i'm gonna eat it yaasss) .
you can use parmigiano spread on every layer and ...just a trick ..pour a little milk to the corners of the pan after you finish the lasagna before you put it in the oven and doing this the edges will not dry to much
so jealous! :D I really do miss these Sunday family meals, but now that I live in a new city, I have to make everything on my own and most of the time just for myself...so enjoy your lasagna tomorrow :)
I 'll make sure to save a big piece for you 😁😘
+Martina Rutigliano ME TOO
yes dude . i can send a big lasagna for all of you...but you can instead follow beth's recipe which is very very close to the perfect italian lasagna one
Martina Rutigliano
haha yes please, that´s really sweet of you :) :* And I´ll def will try Beth´s recipe out :)
Hey Beth, I'm Italian (my grandparents are from Italy) and I wanted to say that traditionally you do use ricotta in lasagna none of my family have heard of that sauce but I'm sure it's delicious either way!
Per lo più si usa la besciamella. In alcune regioni usano la ricotta.
love the recipe! i wanted to ask if I can substitute the meat with mushrooms or ground turkey meat?
Oh sure that would be great too! :) Enjoy!
You don't have to ask you can just do that.
Bulk spices are the way to go! Check the bulk section at your grocery store. Spices are way, way cheaper in bulk. What you're really paying for is the nice little spice jar packaging. The same goes for yeast, I can fill up my old yeast jar for $1.50, if I bought a new jar it would cost me about $5! I would bet you could get the bulk fennel seeds for at least 50% less than the jar price. I just keep mine in refillable spice jars or small mason jars.
Such a great idea! And SO true! Thanks for sharing your great tip!
Hi Beth, I just tried it today n it was super delicious! Thx for sharing such an amazing receipe😍
Is looking delicious! 🍷 Lovely!
Ricotta is traditional and how my family has always made it. Still Iove the vid though
Yes on the ricotta!! However, I might try your way with the bechamel just to see how much I like it.
Thanks for sharing the recepies Beth, I'll try one day, it look so yummy..
Growing up my mom always used ricotta but I hated it!! Now when I make my own I sub cottage cheese for the ricotta and I love it so much more!!!
Same in my household. Although if I can and have the extra time, I like to drain the cottage cheese overnight to get ride of the extra liquid.
Hi Beth! As an Italian living in Rome, I've never heard of ricotta traditionally being used, but I guess it can be used in regional or modern/lighter twists to a classic lasagna. Hope it helps!
Keep up the good work, I love your recipes :)
Fascinating! It's so funny over here, especially with Italian American Immigrants it's a must-have. I wonder if that's because most of the American Immigrants came from the Southern parts of Italy, so maybe it's a Sicilian thing? This is the region my Dad's family is from. :)
I love the bechamel sauce version best.
Right?! Me too!
Ricotta is what I'm used to, and it's much different from béchamel. Although I've never tried bechamel. So I think it's more traditional to use ricotta, and maybe mozzarella too.
I agree with your father about the ricotta.
Nice!
lasana lovvvvvvvvve!!😀thank you for your effort
I love your videos
I like bechamel sauce as well 😉
I bet your house smells amazing after cooking that!
She reminds me so much of Monica from friends!!! :)
Hi Beth! I was wondering if you had any advice as to where to find the fresh pasta sheets. I live in Columbus, Ohio, and I have not seen them in any of our main grocery stores. I'm excited to try the recipe, so hoping I can find them soon. (And while I know you (and I) prefer the fresh pasta, is there a way to adapt it to the no-bake dry variety?)
Hi Beth! Where can i get the fresh lasagna pasta that you use? It looks delicious! I'll make it soo...
Hi beth! When I lived in Sicily I only heard of using béchamel for lasagne. :)
So funny and interesting. I think it must be an Italian Immigrant-American thing? Thanks for sharing! I've always wanted to travel to Sicily :)
Omg Beth, your lasagna recipe is identical to mine (I also do it with bechamel sauce) and everyone loves my lasagna! haha :-*
I'm not Italian but I like ricotta, and a cheesy layer.
This is the most resembling italian based lasagna recipe I saw XD Not everyone uses ricotta cheese, it becomes reeeeally heavy. And I'm from Naples.
My Nonno will always use ricotta cheese but like u I prefer bechamel!!! Weird right
I think ricotta is traditional in Italian American cuisine, and in Italy they use béchamel for lasagna
Cool
Hi,I'm thinking about hosting a fall brunch.Can u make a video/menu?Thank u!😊
yes! my mms parents are from southern italy and we can't eat it without ricotta
Omg that's why my lasagna is dry. I always use the no boil noodles and it does not matter how much sauce I put in it always ends up dry
Yep those no boil noodles are thirsty buggers! Ha! :)
It looks so lovely. I can’t eat cheese unfortunately
This looks amazing! I've always used ricotta, but my husband doesn't care for it. Can't wait to try out your recipe! Where did you find the fresh noodles?
Oh sure you can find them in the refrigerated section of most grocery stores by the fresh pasta. I got mine at Whole Foods. They also make a really great Gluten Free Variety Too! It's this company. They are great!! www.rpspasta.com/food-service-pasta/fresh-rolled-gluten-free-pasta/gluten-free-lasagna-sheets/
Thank you so much! Very helpful! 👍🏻 enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Hi Beth! Where can I get the fresh square Lasagna noodles!?
that looks yum..can you please tell me which brand is the large ceramic pot you are using??? thank you :)
Hi Beth I really love your lasagna recipe, but I have a special question. This Christmas we want to try out how to make a traditional french dessert, the croqembouche. Don't you plan to make a video about how to make croqembouche? :)
Ahh the croqembouche :) So festive! That was our wedding cake when we were married in France :) Love it. I'm not doing it this year, probably next. Since this year I must share my Buche de Noel Recipe, another show stopper of a French Dessert. It will be in early december so you may want to wait and see? Ha! But either one would really be great!
In that case i have to wait.. but i am looking forward to that other recipe. I just had to ask you because that's my dream to try out croqembouche but it is so diffucult to make as far as i know and it would make it easier to see how to do it
And another question: have you got a list with recipes you will make in your videos or it's just a random choice?
It's really a seasonal thing, what I love to eat during certain times of year. The recipes that end up on the channel are the ones that mean most to my family and I. Ones that we make all the time or new ones I have developed that I think others would enjoy. But yes I do plan it out a few weeks in advance :)
Beth can you please do a lasagna recipe with a chicken sauce? We don't have beef in India.
I'm from Bologna where lasagne originated. Traditionally we use a bechamel sauce. So you got it absolutely right! In fact, I've never seen ricotta in lasagne here. I've also never seen an American use a bechamel in their lasagne, so props to you! :-)
never been this early...anyway great recipe. I love lasagna!
Have you seen Buddy's Valastro lasagna recipe? It has ricotta. Look here on RUclips, you'll find it. 😘
so delicious love you beth