Bettys Spanish Lasagna Food

PASTELóN (PUERTO RICAN PLANTAIN "LASAGNA")

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F: Lightly grease a 10x10 casserole dish (for a thicker pastelón) or 9x13 casserole dish (for a thinner pastelón) with nonstick cooking spray or butter.

CLASSIC LASAGNA

Steps:

• Make the sauce: Heat oil in a large, heavy bottomed pot over medium heat. Add sausage, if using, and cook, stirring occasionally, until it's starting to brown but not yet crisp, about 5 minutes.
• Add onion and garlic and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is totally softened and translucent (without letting it brown), 8 to 10 minutes. Add tomato paste and continue to cook, stirring until the tomato paste has turned a deeper brick red color, tinting the oil and onions a fiery orange color, about 2 minutes.
• Using your hands, crush the whole tomatoes into smaller, bite-size pieces and add them and the crushed tomatoes, stirring to scrape up any bits from the bottom of the pot. Fill one of the tomato cans halfway with water and add it to the pot. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until the tomato sauce has thickened and flavors have come together, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Make the lasagna: Heat oven to 375 degrees and set a large pot of salted water to boil.
• Set aside 1 cup mozzarella. In a medium bowl, combine remaining mozzarella, ricotta, 1 cup Parmesan and cream; season with salt and pepper and set aside.
• Cook lasagna noodles in the large pot of salted boiling water until just softened (before they are even aldente), about 4 minutes. Drain and separate any noodles that are trying to stick together, slicking them with a bit of olive oil to prevent them from sticking further.
• Spoon a bit of sauce on the bottom of a 3-quart baking dish and top with a layer of noodles, avoiding any heavy overlap.
• Top with about 1 ¼ cups of sauce, and dollop ¼ of the cheese mixture over. Top with another layer of noodles and repeat three more times, ending with the last of the noodles (depending on size of the noodle/shape of the baking dish, you may have a few extra noodles) and the last of the sauce. Top with reserved 1 cup mozzarella and more Parmesan, if you like.
• Cover loosely with aluminum foil and place baking dish on a foil-lined rimmed baking sheet (to prevent any overflow from burning on the bottom of your oven).
• Bake until pasta is completely tender and cooked through and sauce is bubbling up around the edges, 30 to 40 minutes. Remove foil and increase temperature to 450 degrees. Continue to bake until lasagna is golden brown on top with frilly, crispy edges and corners, another 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool slightly before eating.

BETTY'S LAZY DAY LASAGNA

Steps:

• Cook noodles in boiling salted water following package directions. Drain.
• Add oregano to spaghetti sauce.
• In greased 10x6x1 1/2 inch baking dish, make layers in order, half each noodles, cottage cheese, mozzarella cheese slices and spaghetti sauce. Repeat.
• Bake in moderate oven 375 degrees about 30 minutes.
• Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

QUICK LASAGNA

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 400°. Peel and finely chop the garlic. Cook the beef and garlic in the skillet over medium heat about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the beef is brown; drain.
• Stir the Italian seasoning and spaghetti sauce into the beef. Spread 1/4 cup of the beef mixture in the ungreased square pan.
• Top with 2 noodles, placing them so they do not overlap or touch the sides of the pan because they will expand as they bake. Spread about 1/2 cup of the remaining beef mixture over the noodles.
• Spread about 1/2 cup of the cottage cheese over the beef mixture. Sprinkle with about 1/3 cup of the mozzarella cheese.
• Repeat layering twice more, beginning with 2 more noodles and following directions in steps 3 and 4 Sprinkle with the parmesan cheese.
• Cover with aluminum foil and bake 30 minutes. Carefully remove the foil, and continue baking about 10 minutes longer or until lasagna is bubbly around the edges and looks very hot. Let stand 10 minutes, so the lasagna will become easier to cut and serve.

CHEESY BEEF LASAGNA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray. Cook and drain lasagna noodles as directed on package, using minimum cook time.
• Meanwhile, in medium bowl, stir together cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, eggs, pesto and salt. Stir in 1 cup of the mozzarella cheese. Set aside.
• In 12-inch skillet, cook beef and onion over medium-high heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until beef is thoroughly cooked; drain. Stir in pasta sauce.
• Spread 1 cup beef mixture in baking dish; top with 3 noodles and 2 1/2 cups cheese mixture. Top with 3 noodles, 2 cups beef mixture and 3 more noodles. Top with remaining cheese mixture, 3 noodles and remaining beef mixture. Sprinkle with remaining 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese.
• Cover; bake 40 to 45 minutes. Uncover; bake 20 minutes longer or until cheese is browned. Let stand 10 to 15 minutes before serving.

SIMPLE SPINACH LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large pot over medium heat saute spinach, onion, oregano, basil and garlic in the olive oil. Pour in spaghetti sauce and water; simmer 20 minutes. In a large bowl mix cottage cheese, mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, parsley, salt, pepper and egg.
• Place a small amount of sauce in the bottom of a lasagna pan. Place 4 uncooked noodles on top of sauce and top with layer of sauce. Add 4 more noodles and layer with 1/2 sauce and 1/2 cheese mixture, noodles and repeat until all is layered, finishing with sauce.
• Cover with foil and bake in a preheated oven for 55 minutes. Remove foil and bake another 15 minutes. Let sit 10 minutes before serving.

LASAGNA BETTY CROCKER

Steps:

• Cook and stir ground beef, pork, onion and garlic in large saucepan or Dutch oven until meat is brown and onoin is tender.
• Drain off all fat.
• Add tomatoes and break up with a fork.
• Stir in tomato sauce, 2 T. parsley flakes, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt and the basil.
• Heat to boiling, stirring occasionally.
• Reduce heat; simmer uncovered 1 hour or until mixture is the consistency of Spaghetti sauce.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix cottage cheese, 1/2 C Parmesan cheese, 1 T. parsley flakes, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and the oregano.
• Reserve 1/2 C meat sauce for the thin top layer.
• In ungreased baking pan, 13x9x2" , layer 1/4 each of the noodles, remaining meat sauce, the Mozerella cheese and cottage cheese mixture;.
• Repeat 3 times.
• Spread reserved meat sauce over top; Sprinkle with 1/2 C parmesan cheese.
• If desired, Lasagna can be covered and refrigerated several hours at this point.
• Bake uncovered 45 minute Allow an additional 10-15 minute if it was refrigerated.
• For easier cutting, let stand 15 minute after removing from oven.

BETTY'S SPANISH LASAGNA

Steps:

• In a sauce pan add ground beef (break up to loosen it) then add green pepper, onion (diced small or grated) garlic, oregano, cumin, sason, adobo (adobo has salt-if more salt needed add a little more adobo, if less salt use less adobo).
• Mix ingredients with meat, cover and cook low to medium heat. Mix occasionally and continue to break up any chunks of meat.
• In between cooking process drain oil from meat. After meat is cooked add tomato sauce. Mix well and continue cooking over low heat for 2-3 minutes.
• While meat is cooking in a large frying pan pour in oil. Preheat oven to 350. Peel and slice through from top to bottom sweet plantains. Fry until brown on both sides. Remove pieces browned already and continue browning others.
• In a large baking pan line up cooked plantains (remove from frying pan and put directly on oven pan (do not remove the oil from plantains or from plantains on plate). Line up like making a lasagna.
• After that layer is spread, cover with a layer of ground beef, then string beans (drain water) and repeat steps starting with plantains. When "Spanish Lasagna" dish is arranged put in preheated oven for 20-30 minutes. ENJOY THIS DELICIOUS MEAL.