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Bolognese lasagna with a light béchamel

An everyday dish for 2, ready in 90 minutes, around $3.47 a serving. People actually plan it with Popotam, and it's in season in October.

90mintotal
≈ $3.47a serving
838kcalper serving
54gof protein
In season in OctoberFreezes well
Bolognese lasagna with a light béchamel, a serving idea
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Step-by-step recipe

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  1. Preheat the oven

    Turn your oven on to 200 °C, convection if you have it.

  2. Prep the veggies

    Peel the onions and carrots, then finely chop the onions and dice the carrots small.

  3. Sauté the veggies

    Melt 15 g of butter in the skillet over medium heat, then add the onions and carrots. Cook 8 min, stirring, until tender.

  4. Cook the meat

    Add the 300 g of ground beef, break it up and cook it over high heat until there's no pink left at all. Salt and pepper.

  5. Simmer the tomato sauce

    Pour in the peeled tomatoes, crush them with the spoon and let it simmer over low heat. The meat needs to be cooked all the way through, so at least 70 °C.

  6. Make the béchamel

    In the saucepan, make a roux with 30 g of flour and a little cooking fat, stirring for 1 min. Add the milk bit by bit while whisking, then cook over low heat until the sauce coats the spoon. Add nutmeg, salt and pepper.

    Tip · Whisk hard each time you add milk and pour it in a thin stream to avoid lumps. If the béchamel is too thick, add a little water.
  7. Layer the lasagna

    Spread a little bolognese over the bottom of the dish, then alternate dry lasagna sheets, bolognese and béchamel. Finish with a layer of béchamel.

    Tip · Dry lasagna sheets soak up liquid as they bake: keep enough sauce on each layer and fully cover the last row of pasta with béchamel so it doesn't harden.
  8. Bake

    Bake at 200 °C until the top is golden and the pasta is tender when you poke it with a knife.

  9. Let it rest

    Take the dish out of the oven and let it rest before cutting it, so the pieces hold their shape.

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The questions you're asking

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How many calories in a serving?

One serving has about 838 kcal. 52% comes from carbs, 26% from protein and 19% from fat.

108 gCarbs
54 gProtein
18 gFat
Per serving (the dish for 2, divided by 2)
Energy838 kcal
Protein54.1 g
Carbs108.4 g
of which sugars19.2 g
Fat17.9 g
of which saturated fat8.7 g
Fiber12.7 g
Salt0.5 g

Worked out ingredient by ingredient with the ANSES Ciqual 2025 table, never written by an AI. It's an estimate: veggie sizes and brands make the numbers vary.

How much does it cost?

About $3.47 a serving, adding up the average prices of the ingredients you need to buy.

≈ $6.95for 2 people
≈ $3.47a serving

Pantry salt, oil and spices aren't counted. Your store and your brands will move the total, but the ballpark is right.

How long does it keep?

2 days in the fridge, in a closed container, once cooled within two hours. And it freezes really well.

2 daysin the fridge
Very wellin the freezer, thaw it in the fridge the day before

Times Popotam uses for meal prep, based on ANSES guidance, rounded down. The details: how long cooked dishes keep.

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