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Beef Lasagna

Ingredients

  • 12 sheets precooked lasagna
  • 15 oz 425g Ricotta cheese
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 egg
  • 2 cups grated mozzarella cheese

Sauce

  • 1 onion chopped
  • 1 lb lean ground beef
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 3 garlic cloves minced
  • 28 oz canned chopped tomatoes
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh coriander/cilantro leaves
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • salt and pepper

Instructions

  • To make the sauce, heat the oil in a large pan over medium heat add the meat and cook until browned stirring frequently. Add the onion stir and cook for 5 minutes.
  • Stir in the tomatoes, coriander/cilantro leaves, garlic, tomato paste and cook for 5 minutes. season to taste with salt and pepper, cover and let it simmer gently for 45 minutes, siring occasionally.
  • In a mixing bowl whisk the egg, then add the ricotta and the milk and mix until combined.
  • Preheat the oven, 375f/190c.
  • Spoon a thin layer of the sauce on the bottom of an ovenproof dish, then arrange sheets of lasagna over. then spoon over a layer of the ricotta mix then some mozzarella cheese.
  • Continue the same process twice, finishing with a layer of ricotta. sprinkle over the mozzarella.
  • Bake covered for 30 minutes then uncover and cook until golden-brown and bubbly. serve immediately.