Easy Lasagna with Bolognese and Bechamel Sauce – Instant Pot
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How to make a Bolognese and Bechamel sauce lasagna in the Instant Pot pressure cooker. I learned this delicious two-sauce tip from a little Italian lady who …
I’ve been making this same recipe in the oven for decades but adapted it for the Instant Pot. Give it try and let me know what you think!
Hey Flo….I can't wait to make this! I never thought about having both sauces! I just wanted to say that (totally in trying to helpful for the kiddies and not a big judgy person 😛 )….I recently found out that lower fat milks are actually worse for you and more fattening than full fat varieties. The skim and lower fat milks have way more carbs…the higher the fat…the lower the carbs…so yay!! I also learned that it is sugar that causes weight gain and fatty organs…not fat. The body knows to get rid of the fat unless you eat it with sugar/carbs. Who would have thought….hmmm Anyway…wish I had known that….my meals would have been way more enjoyble…lol
I commented on the video you guys did about Depression. And I realized it really wasn’t a stretch considering you both are doing videos about cooking with a pressure cooker. lol great stuff.
Flo, is such an appropriate name, because that’s what I get from the videos you and the Dude make. The welcoming homie energy of joyful ness and inclusiveness just Flo’s effortlessly. I love to cook, so I watch a lot of videos, and although they are very well done, they are kinda of shticky over produced and I feel no connection to the person doing the video. If I wanted that. I would just watch the Food Network.
You’re videos are about real people with real lives and concerns, who clearly love each other, joyfully cooking real food with an actual thought. Thank you both. Nick.
In my never ending quest to support The Dude, I suggest he get the t-shirt that says “Body By Bacon.” It has a cute little picture of a smiling slice of bacon.
I have noticed that in this video and in others that you put the lid on the Instant Pot, close it, then you put the steam release knob on. Then you are forced to put the knob in the sealing position. What a clever idea!
Whenever I make bolognese sauce, most of it ends up as lasagne a few days later (I'm a single guy cooking only for myself). I melt 3/4 of the cheese into the bechamel sauce which thickens it up and makes it easier to layer. I love this silicon lid thing, I have never seen that before. I must get one. But ultimately, I think I'll stick with making the lasagne in my convection microwave because I too would miss the crunchy brown cheesy top (made with the last 1/4 of the cheese) and the crispy edge bits. I end up with 3 or 4 serves of lasagne in freezer bags and they last for months!
The white sauce is typically used in northern Italy.
My husband would agree with you about the bacon 😆And he kinda looks like you too!
Great video Flo. I can’t wait to try and make this in my new Instant Pot. First, I have to get a smaller pan to fit in my 6qt. I’m definitely going to keep your recipe handy. Thanks for sharing. 😊❤️
Totally didn't read the title as: "Easy Lasagna with Bologna and Bechamel."
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hey Flo can you use a metal lid or plastic id you don't have one of those silicone thingis
Sauce blanche is just made with butter, flour, milk. Béchamel is the same thing but with cheese, usually Gruyère added. Great video!
Thanks Flo and Hubby!
If god didn’t want us to eat animals, he wouldn’t have made bacon.
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Instant Pot Easy Lasagna with Bolognese and Béchamel Sauce Flo Lum
Béchamel Sauce
Bolognese Sauce
1 lb mozzarella cheese grated
parmesan cheese
1 box No Boil lasagna noodles
Béchamel Sauce:
Melt in pan. Add 2T flour and stir till a caramel color.
Add 1 c milk and whisk. Add another 1 c milk and whisk so no lumps and thickens.
Milk mixture should coat the back of a spoon.
Add salt.
Bolognese Sauce:
1 lb bacon
1 lb lean ground beef
1 lb ground sweet Italian sausage (or casings removed)
1T olive oil
1 medium onion chopped
1 stalk celery chopped (optional)
1 cup beef broth
1T tomato paste
3 – 25 oz jars of tomato and basil sauce
Cook bacon, remove when crispy to paper towel, drain fat but keep 1-2 T of bacon fat in pan.
Cook both beef and sausage until browned. Remove meat from pan and drain fat.
Add olive oil, onion, and celery. Cook about 5 mins till translucent.
Pour in beef broth and be sure to scrape/stir browned bits from the bottom of pan (deglazing).
Add tomato paste and stir. Add tomato sauce. Stir. Cover and simmer about 30 mins.
Line 7in x 3in pan with parchment paper.
Layer Bolognese sauce, noodles, sauce, Béchamel, moz. cheese, 2 T parm. cheese,
noodles, and then repeat layering process 2 times.
Last layer- use the last of Béchamel to cover, moz. cheese, and then parm. cheese.
Add 1 c water in Instant Pot and add trivet (with aluminum foil handle extenders).
Carefully place lasagna pan onto trivet and then cover with a lid. (Silicone or foil.)
Lock lid and 20 mins. High on Manual . Quick release when done.
Can brown cheese in oven if crispy edges preferred.
yes yes more bacon please!
Great way to make the lasagna in the instant pot! It is something that I will have to try! Love all your idea's great touch!
What can I use instead of the silicone lid?
I love lasagne so much and have been making it for years but I have to try it in the instant pot thank you.
Do you have MAN aprons available? My wife doesn't cook..lol
Love the instant pot recipes my #1 used gadget. Cheers!
“Simple, Ordinary, Joyful… & Bacon.” New apron idea – no need to thank me. Just send an apron. 😁
Dude – time to get cozy with a mini torch. Brown it yourself. 👍👍👍👍
More BACON!!!!
Yes to this recipe Flo! When my kids were younger, and even now, they would not eat lasagna because they hated ricotta cheese, and don't even try to use cottage cheese as a sub cause they didn't like that either. I found this same recipe (the meat sauce might be different) in a Rachael Ray magazine years ago and this is what I use always to make lasagna. They all love it. I don't make lasagna very often but now I want some! The last time we made this was about a year ago at a campsite where my hubby and son were camping. My hubby is in to cast iron cooking and we made it in a cast iron dutch oven over the fire. It was so good! Thanks for the recipe!
Yummy I gotta try this in my IP!
My longtime Italian friend taught me the béchamel sauce, a real game changer!
I recently found you and your hubby, LOVE how relaxed and happy you two are together!
Makes for enjoyable and easy to follow vlogs!
I totally signed up for the apron! I lost most of mine in hurricane Harvey .
I love Aprons! Trait I learned from my grandma!
Take care and God bless you and your family!