Lasagna Bolognese

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 115.

	this recipe	typical
liquid	105%	45%
fat	16%	4%
aromatics	22%	26%
salt	0%	0%
thickener	4%	0%
vegetables and beans	145%	126%
collagen idx	0.8	0.8
marbling idx	0.6	0.6

Where it stands out

• #4 of 115 for sauce body

Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

57 g	2 ounces diced pancetta, finely chopped
150 g	1 medium Spanish onion or yellow onion, finely chopped
40 g	1 stalk celery, finely chopped
61 g	1 carrot, finely chopped
57 g	4 tablespoons unsalted butter
312 g	11 ounces ground beef
113 g	4 ounces ground pork
113 g	4 ounces ground Italian sausage
	1 freshly ground clove
	Dash of freshly ground cinnamon
2 g	1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
907 g	2 pounds peeled and chopped tomatoes (or one 28-oz can whole peeled tomatoes)
244 g	1 cup whole milk
3 g	1/2 teaspoon sea salt
488 g	2 cups whole milk
57 g	1/4 cup unsalted butter
30 g	1/4 cup all-purpose unbleached flour
	Recommended 16 sheets of De Cecco brand Italian lasagna noodles.
100 g	1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Method: 11 steps, published by www.simplyrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“Made this in stages and it came out great! I wanted to serve it for a Saturday dinner after skiing and knew I wouldn't have time to do the whole process. I started it on Friday night and completed the first three steps in the meat sauce. Saturday morning I reh” — a cook

“I made this incredible lasagna last night for a family dinner. To feed the amount of people that came I had to double the recipe. The compliments on how wonderful the meal was was non-stop! This is an amazing entree that is certainly worth the time time and ef” — a cook