My Favorite Way to Freeze Homemade Lasagna for Easy Make-Ahead Meals
Lasagna may be the best make-ahead freezer meal ever, and in today's video I'm showing you every step of how I make, freeze, and store my family's classic lasagna recipe. Then I'll show you two great methods for reheating your lasagna later when it's time to eat.
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00:00 - Intro
00:47 - Browning Meat
01:02 - Cooking Noodles
01:26 - Sauce
01:45 - Cheese Mixture
02:09 - Building Lasagna
03:10 - Baking
03:21 - Cooling
03:53 - Portioning
04:06 - Flash Freezing
04:28 - Vacuum Sealing
05:14 - Reheating
05:58 - Conclusion
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Classic Lasagna (Easy Freezer Meals)
Welcome back to Easy Freezer Meals. Today we make Classic Lasagna (Easy Freezer Meals). This awesome dinner is flavorful, rich, and feeds many. This is a great meal to make ahead especially if you have a large family or if need to make something quick for a get together or party.
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The way that we suggest you make this dish is to assemble the lasagna in the tray that you will be freezing. Cover it tightly and freeze. You do not cook this lasagna until you are ready to eat it.. When you are ready to eat it thaw the lasagna, bake at 375F for 25 minutes covered with foil then bake an additional 25 minutes uncovered. You are basically melting the cheese and heating up the center..
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The Meat sauce will make 5 (9x13) trays for freezing. If you want to make less just divide it as you see fit.
Lasagna Noodles for 5 trays: 60 or 6 packs (1 extra in case some break)
This ricotta mix is for 5 (9x13) trays
5 pounds of ricotta cheese
5 large eggs
2.5 teaspoons of salt
1/4 cup of dried parsley
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Mozzarella cheese grated: 5 pounds
Parmesan Cheese: 5 Pounds
If you want to substitute 1/2 of the ricotta to save some money you can use Queso Fresco It is a Spanish fresh cheese that is mild and works great in this recipe. Combine the ricotta, eggs, salt, and parsley and mix till smooth and creamy. You don't want any lumps at all in your cheese mix as this will help you spread it out more evenly. I use my food processor to help out with this step. Once this is made set it in your fridge or covered on your countertop.
Boil the noodles:
Each baking tin will normally get 12 noodles (2 Layers of 6) so depending on how much you are making you can calculate how much pasta you need. For this recipe (making 5 trays) you will need 60 noodles or 6 packs. This will give you a few extra in case some break. In a pot of well salted water that is boiling cook the pasta till just a hair under al dente. Take out of the water and rinse with cold water. Gently arrange the noodles in rows so that they are flat and easy to grab when you are ready for them.
Time to assemble in your baking tin:
Place a layer of meat sauce on the bottom (1.5 cups)
Arrange 6 noodles lengthwise slightly overlapping
spread some ricotta over the noodles with a spatula
sprinkle some mozzarella cheese over the ricotta
add some meat sauce (2.5 Cups) on top of the mozzarella cheese
sprinkle parmesan over the meat sauce.
add 6 more noodles slightly overlapping
spread some ricotta over the noodles with a spatula
sprinkle some mozzarella cheese over the ricotta
add some meat sauce (2.5 Cups) on top of the mozzarella cheese
To finish the layer cover the top of the lasagna with mozzarella cheese then parmesan cheese. When you are finished you should not have too many extra ingredients.
Wrap with foil and freeze. To bake, thaw dish, cover with foil and bake in a 375F oven for 25 minutes. Remove the foil and finish baking an additional 25 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the center is hot.
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