Lasagne alla Molisana

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 1 onion(s)
• 3 cloves garlic
• 400 g tomatoes (canned)
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 100 g butter, soft
• Salt
• 2 pinch(s) pepperoncini, ground
• 4 eggs, hard-boiled
• 300g mozzarella
• 100 g smoked bacon, streaky
• 300 g bratwurst (pork sausage), well seasoned
• 125 ml wine, white, dry
• 1 tbsp oil (olive oil)
• 350 g lasagna sheet(s)
• 50 g cheese (pecorino – sheep’s cheese), grated
• 50 g Parmesan, grated

Instructions

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

Finely chop the onion and garlic. Strain the tomatoes and their juice through a sieve, then mix with the tomato paste. Heat 2 tablespoons of butter and sauté the onion and garlic over low heat. Add the tomatoes and season with salt and peperoncini peppers. Let everything simmer over low heat. (If I use lasagna sheets without pre-cooking them, I only let the tomatoes simmer for a little while.) Then cut the eggs into small cubes. Dice the mozzarella and bacon as well. Skin the pork sausage and finely mash the sausage meat with a fork. Melt 1/2 tablespoon of butter in a pan and fry the bacon cubes over low heat. Add the sausage meat and cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring and mashing. Then pour in the white wine and let it evaporate. Mix this mixture into the tomato sauce and simmer, covered, over low heat for about 15 minutes. Now grease an ovenproof dish with butter. Line the bottom of the dish with a layer of lasagna sheets, then spoon on the tomato sauce. Arrange mozzarella and egg cubes on top, then sprinkle alternately with pecorino and Parmesan cheese. Repeat this layering, finishing with the sauce and cheese. Place the dish in the oven preheated to 200°C and bake for approximately 30-35 minutes.