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FRANK ASHTON CLASSIC ITALIAN AND ADDITIONAL RECIPES: My name is Frank Ashton and I live in the Cleveland Ohio area. I was a high school art teacher for 33 years. I love painting,especially Impressionism; and traveling with my wife; but my other love is for cooking. Over the years I have probably cooked for some 20,000 people. This includes cooking free for many groups to raise funds for worthy causes. Most of my recipes are original from me and some from my mother or my wife Dottie. This has led me to decide to share my original recipes with others. This site has 110 recipes to date! My goal is to be able to give real recipes that really are excellent. One should not expect anything exotic; but I will guarantee they will impress anyone who loves to eat. FIRST GO TO GOOGLE AND PRINT IN THE WHITE BOX FRANK ASHTON ORIGINAL RECIPES AND CLICK ON THAT. Frank Ashton Original Recipes should come up. To print a recipe save it to favorites and then click on the recipe on favorites and you will then be able to print it. THERE ARE OVER 50 VEGETARIAN (MEAT FREE) RECIPES LOOK FOR THE ASTERISK * IN FRONT OF EACH RECIPE OR WORDS VEGETARIAN STYLE

Saturday, July 19, 2014

GRANDMAS SICILIAN LASAGNA #217

My mother made a terrific lasagna  recipe that I added my own style.  This included using fresh ricotta rather then from a tub.  I mix 3 fresh eggs in with the ricotta. I also make my own sauce rather than store bought.  I also try not to over fill the pan. I also add 6 hard boil eggs and then crumble them in the recipe. I then use a glass pan. The pan should be 13 inch by 9 inches.  The lasagna noodles are boiled then kept in water and first use them length wise then for the next layer side ways then  again long ways then repeat side ways until the pan is filled to the top.  T will explain the process  that you
must follow which is fairly simple.
INGREDIENTS: PRE-HEAT THE OVEN TO 350 DEGREES AND BAKE FOR 90 MINUTES
     * The first step is to boil lasagna noodles until al dente then keep in water,
     * The second step is to make the tomato sauce from scratch:
            recipe for sauce
             1/3 tube of tomato  Cento paste
             2 cans Contadina tomato paste
             1 large can Contadina crushed tomatoes
            16 oz pork neck bones
            16 oz ground beef
            6 cloves peeled and smashed garlic
            3 tbls dried basil
            2 tbls  dried oregano
           1/2 cup virgin olive oil
DIRECTIONS FOR SAUCE:
     1. pour 1/2 cup virgin olive into a large fry pan
     2. add garlic and saute 10 minutes stiring constantly (set aside)
     3. add pork neckbones  and saute until brown (add to soup pot with garlic)
     4, add 1/3 tube of Cento tomato paste, 2 cans Contadina tomato paste, and
         4 cans water and stir in
     5. add 1 28 oz can Contadina crushed tomatoes
     6. add basil and oregano, stir well and saute 20 minutes and
         add to soup pot
     7. simmer 1 1/2 hours (remove neckbones)
PROCESS IN MAKING LASAGNA:
     1. in a separate large fry pan pour 1/2 cup virgin olive oil
     2. add 1 lb of ground chuck and saute till brown (set aside )
     3. now add sauce to bottom of glass
     4. now add lasagna noodles length to cover bottom
     5. now sprinkle hamburger to  cover noodles
     6. now sprinkle ricotta that you have added 3 raw eggs and 1/2 cup
        of parmesan c and  mixed well
     7, now add a lightly amowunt of hardboiled eggs from 6 eggs
     8. now sprinkle mozzarella cheese lightly
     9. now repeat process with with noodles ( sideways)
   10. now sauce, then ground meat, then ricotta, theen eggs, then cheese
         then mozzarella, now repeat again with noodles length way
   11. do not over full pan ending with mozzeralla on top
   12. now bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/2 hrs


           
             

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