Aunt Rosemarie's White Lasagna

Aunt Rosemarie's White Lasagna Categories: Pasta|Italian|Viviano Family Recipes|Main dishes
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Source: Aunt Rosemarie va Aunt Mary Jo Tye via Carme Engel

Meat Sauce
    ¼ cup  butter
    2  onions, finely chopped
    ½ cup  celery, finely chopped
    2 small  carrots, finely chopped
    1½ teaspoons  salt
    ½ teaspoon  pepper
    1 teaspoon  oregano
    1 pound  ground beef
    1 pound  loin of pork, ground
    ½ cup  dry white wine
    6 tablespoons  tomato sauce
Cream Sauce
    ½ cup  butter
    ½ cup  flour
    1 teaspoon  salt
    ¼ teaspoon  pepper
    1 quart  milk
    1 cup  cream
Lasagna
      lasagna noodles, fresh
    1 cup  Parmesan cheese, grated

Meat Sauce: In skillet melt butter and sauté onions, celery, and carrots for about 10 minutes or until onion is lightly browned. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and oregano. Add ground beef and pork, wine and tomato sauce. Simmer for 15 minutes, stirring frequently.

Cream Sauce: In saucepan melt butter, stir in flour, salt and pepper. Heat milk, and add hot milk to saucepan. Cook, stirring until sauce is smooth and thick. Cover and cook over low heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Then stir in 1 cup cream.

Presentation: Preheat oven to 350?F. In a buttered 9x13½-inch baking dish, arrange several layers in the following order: meat sauce, lasagna noodles, cheese, lasagna noodles, cream sauce.

Bake about 45 minutes or until heated through. Freezes well.

Note: Sometimes Mary Jo Tye adds 1½ pounds of ricotta and/or some mozzarella, just because she likes it.

This is Aunt Rosemarie's recipe. It comes to us from Mary Jo Tye via Carme Engel.

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