Lasagna 101

Due to popular demand (actually only one person suggested this), Ubaydah asked me to post something about how to make a lasagna! =D

Here are what you need:

1) The sauce
2) Lasagna noodles
3) The cheese
4) A baking pan
5) An oven


What to do:

1) Making the sauce

The sauce can be made in several different ways. You can either make it from scratch or use pre-made ones. You typically use sauces you would use in spaghetti such as creamy alfredo sauce or classic tomatoes sauce. Cream sauce works best with chicken and seafood (tuna, salmon, shrimps, etc.) while tomatoes sauce works best with red meat such as beef and it can work well with chicken too.

Ubaydah made some cream sauce using canned mushroom soup and milk mixed with sauteed mushrooms and garlic together with mozzarella cheese. The sauce was also seasoned with some black peppers, white peppers, basil leaves, italian seasoning, and parsley flakes.

2) The lasagna noodles

Lasagna noodles can be found in most grocery stores. There's no need for you to boil them first before using them. You can straight away put them in the baking pan together with the sauce.

3) The cheese

Ubaydah likes to use mozzarella cheese because of the color and texture of the cheese. Mozzarella cheese is very sticky when mixed into the sauce which is perfect and it also gives a golden brownish color when baked. Other kind of cheese works too.


4) The steps:

(a) Put a little bit of the sauce at the bottom of the baking pan so that the lasagna noodles would be coated with sauce on both sides.

(b) Sprinkle some mozzarella cheese on top of the sauce.

(c) Put one layer of the noodles on top of the sauce and cheese.

(d) Cover the layer of noodles with some sauce and cheese.

(e) Repeat step d until you are out of sauce or until it's high enough. The top part of the lasagna should be covered with the most cheese. Just make sure that the noodles are coated with sauce on both sides so that they will cook in the oven.

(f) Bake the lasagna at 350 degrees farenheit (about 170 degrees celcius) for around 30-45 minutes or until the cheese is golden brown.

(g) Tah dah! Fresh from the oven~

(h) Serve and eat! XD

Ubaydah enjoyed the lasagna with a side salad, baked breaded fish strips and some ice tea.

There you go. A simple guide on how to make a simple lasagna.

Have a good night and hope you try it!

Oyasumi-nasai! =)