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Authentic Lasagne alla Bolognese Recipe Alternate Text Bologna, Italy

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Introduction & history

Lasagne alla Bolognese is a typical dish of the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, specifically of the city of Bologna. In many Italian families, this dish was and still is the symbol of Sunday lunch and family gatherings. To prepare the lasagne alla Bolognese, you will need pasta sheets, fresh or dried, slowly cooked ragù and béchamel sauce. The first step is to cook the ragù as it requires time; you'll need finely chopped onions, celery, carrots, minced meat (beef/veal and pork), some wine and tomato purée/paste. The second step is to make your green pasta sheets (if you're going to make them yourself); with eggs, flour, nettle or spinach and some olive oil and then to prepare the béchamel sauce; with butter, flour, milk, some nutmeg and grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. The final step is to assemble your lasagne alla Bolognese and to bake them in the preheated oven. Traditionally, lasagne alla Bolognese have seven pasta sheet layers, but 3-5 pasta ... Read more