User:Xeverything11/sandbox/Make 100 Layer Lasagna

Ingredients

• 110 flat lasagna noodles
• Cooking oil spray to grease
• 225 g (8 oz) parmesan cheese, grated
• 1 cup (40 g) fresh chives, finely chopped

Bechamel Sauce

• 1 stick (113 g) butter
• ½ cup (60 g) all-purpose flour
• 2 quart (2 liters) milk
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg

Meat Sauce

• ½ cup (120 ml) olive oil
• 2 ea. (300 g) medium onions
• 4 ea. (240 g) carrots
• 450 g (1 lb) celery
• 2.5 kg (5½ lb) 20% fat ground beef
• 14 cups (3.5 kg) tomato sauce
• ½ cup (110 g) tomato paste
• 4 cups (1 liter) chicken stock
• 1 tablespoon salt
• ½ tablespoon black pepper

Steps

Setting Up Walls

1. Place lasagna noodles on tinfoil. Place 8 lasagna noodles in 4 groups (2 per group) on left half of tinfoil 1.8 m (6 ft) long.
   • Make sure there is 1 cm (½ in) gap between each group.
2. Fold over noodles. Fold the right half of foil over the left half. Then fold over the flaps above and below the noodles. Fold into a square.
   • Press the foil with your finger to create an outline.
3. Set aside while you make bechamel and meat sauces.

Making Bechamel Sauce

1. Make a roux. Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add the flour to the melted butter and whisk
   • Roux is a mixture of flour and fat used to thicken sauces. Individual particles of flour coat in fat, so that when adding milk, the flour particles each swell independently, rather than forming doughy clumps.
2. Whisk in the remaining ingredients. Gradually add the milk, whisking constantly, and bring to a boil until smooth. Whisk in the salt and nutmeg, bringing to the boil.
3. Pour the sauce to a large bowl and set aside.
   • Wrap the bowl in clingflim, pressing against the surface of sauce, to avoid the skin forming.

Making Meat Sauce

1. Chop the vegetables. Use a knife to chop the onions, carrots and celery into fine pieces.
   • Chopping into fine pieces helps distribute the heat and soften more easily while cooking
2. Cook the vegetables. Heat the oil over high heat in a very large pot. Put the vegetables into the pot and cook, stirring
3. Add the beef and cook.
4. Add the remaining ingredients.
5. Simmer the sauce.

Assembling the Lasagna

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C (350 °F). Use cooking oil spray to grease a baking pan.

Things You'll Need

• 1.8 m (6 ft) tinfoil
• Stove
• 2 pots (1 large, 1 very large)
• Whisk
• Large bowl
• Clingfilm
• Knife
• Wooden spoon

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