Lasagna with meat – ragout

Ingredients for 3 servings:

• 300 g dough (egg noodle dough), fresh
• 15 g mushrooms, dried
• ½ carrot(s)
• ½ onion(s)
• ½ stalk(s) celery
• 1 clove(s) garlic
• 1 small bunch of parsley
• 1 small bunch of marjoram
• 50 g ham, raw
• 300 g tomatoes, ripe, firm
• 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 300 g lean minced beef
• ½ jar red wine
• Broth, about 1 ladle
• 1 pinch of nutmeg
• 200 g Ricotta Romana
• 0.2 liters of milk
• 30 g butter
• 3 tbsp Parmesan, grated
• salt and pepper

Instructions

Working time approx. 1 hour 30 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 30 minutes

(Lasagna with meat sauce)

Soak the mushrooms in a little warm water. Peel the carrot and onion. Trim, wash, and pat dry the celery. Finely chop everything. Peel and chop the garlic. Wash, pat dry, and finely chop the parsley and marjoram. Chop the ham. Briefly dip the tomatoes in boiling water. Then rinse, peel, deseed, and roughly dice. Heat the oil in a pan and sauté the ham, carrot, onion, celery, and garlic until soft. Drain the mushrooms, add them chopped, and sauté for 1 minute. Stir in the minced meat and brown evenly. Pour in the wine and reduce over high heat. Add the tomatoes, parsley, and marjoram. Pour in the stock, season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg, and simmer for about 45 minutes. Add more stock if needed. In the meantime, roll out the dough thinly and cut out 6 x 8 cm rectangles. Bring plenty of water to a boil, add salt, and add the rectangles in batches. As soon as they rise to the surface, remove with a slotted spoon. Cool in cold water and spread out on a kitchen towel. Mix the ricotta and milk until creamy. Grease a lasagna dish with butter and add 1 tablespoon of the ragu. Cover with pasta sheets, add some of the meat ragu and a layer of ricotta, and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Repeat this process until all the ingredients have been used. Finish with the pasta sheets. Melt the remaining butter and brush it over the lasagna. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C (gas mark 2, fan oven 160°C) for about 15 minutes.