Umami Lasagna
Ingredients
For meat sauce
- 4 ounces (120g) onions
- 4 cloves garlic
- 3 sticks lemongrass
- 1 pounds (450g) minced beef
- 2 tomato
- Basil leaf
- 3 bay leaf
- 2 tbsps AJI-SHIO® Flavoured Black Pepper or pepper
- 1 tbsp AJI-NO-MOTO® (MSG)
For bechamel sauce
- 4 cups (800ml) milk
- 10 ounces (300g) flour
- 10 ounces (300g) butter
- 2 tbsps AJI-SHIO® Flavoured Black Pepper or pepper
- 16 lasagna sheet
- 6 1/2 ounces cheddar cheese
- 6 1/2 ounces mozzarella cheese
- 6 1/2 parmesan cheese
Directions
For meat sauce
Stir fry ingredients for meat sauce with oil until it smells well.
Remove lemongrass and bay leaf.
Season with AJI-NO-MOTO® and AJI-SHIO® Flavoured Black Pepper.
For bechamel sauce
Melt butter in a pan and slowly add flour and milk.
Whisk constantly till creamy consistency.
Season with AJI-SHIO® Flavoured Pepper.
For serving
Layer bechamel sauce, lasagna sheet, meat sauce and cheese, and repeat till tray gets full.
Top with cheese and basil
Bake in oven at 200℃/390℉ for 30 minutes.
Allow lasagna to cool down before serving.
Umami comes from...
Beef
Inosinate: 80mg/100g Glutamate: 10mg/100g
Parmigiano Reggiano
Glutamate: 1200-1680/100g
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