Nino's Lasagna

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 9 lasagna noodles
• 1 cup parmesan cheese
• 1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
• meat, sauce
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 celery, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley (or dried)
• 1/2 medium carrot, grated
• 1 (5 1/2 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1/2 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef
• cream, sauce
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup flour
• 3 3/4 cups milk
• 1 pinch each salt, pepper, sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 cook lasagna noodles according to package directions.
• 2 to make meat sauce: sauté in small amount of oil, onion, garlic, celery, parsley and carrot. add tomato paste, tomatoes and spices and sugar. sauté ground beef in skillet and add to sauce. simmer 2 hours.
• 3 to make cream sauce: melt butter, add flour stirring to mix. add milk stirring until smooth and thickened. add remaining ingredients.
• 4 lightly oil a 9 x 13 inch pan, layer noodles, meat sauce, cream sauce, parmesan and mozzarella cheese. repeat layers twice.
• 5 bake in 350 degree oven for 1 hour. let stand 15 minutes before cutting.