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Lasagna : Filipino-style

 Ingredients

15 pieces uncooked lasagna noodles

1 cup Cheddar Jack cheese, shredded

For the Meat Sauce

1 tablespoon canola oil

6 pieces Filipino-style hotdogs, sliced diagonally

onion, peeled and chopped

3 cloves garlic, peeled and minced

1 red or green bell pepper, seeded, cored and chopped

3 pounds ground beef

24 ounces tomato sauce

12 ounces banana ketchup

1 cups beef broth

3/4 cup tomato paste

1 teaspoon Italian seasoning

2 teaspoons sugar

salt and pepper to taste

For the Bechamel Sauce

1 cup butter

1 cup flour

6 cups milk

salt and pepper to taste

Instructions/Procedure

In a large pot over medium heat, bring about 4 quarts salted water to a boil. Add lasagna noodles and cook for about 1 to 2 minutes less than package directions Rinse under cold running water and drain well.

Grease bottom and sides of a large baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.

Ladle about 1/2 cup of meat sauce into the lasagna and spread it over the bottom of the dish.

Arrange one layer of lasagna noodles lengthwise over the sauce. Cut a piece of lasagna to fit into gaps as needed.

Ladle a third of the remaining sauce over the noodles and spread across the surface.

Ladle bechamel sauce over the meat sauce and gently spread across.

Repeat with a second layer of noodles, meat sauce, and bechamel.

Finish with a third layer of noodles, meat sauce, and bechamel.

Sprinkle shredded cheese over the top and last layer of bechamel sauce.

Tent the lasagna pan with foil and bake in a 375 oven for about 30 to 40 minutes or until completely heated through and cheese is melted.

Remove from heat and allow to rest for about 15 to 20 minutes before cutting.

For the Meat Sauce

In a large thick-bottomed pot over medium heat, heat oil. Add sliced hotdogs and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 1 to 2 minutes or until lightly browned. With a slotted spoon, remove from pan and set aside.

Add onions and garlic and cook until softened.

Add bell peppers and cook until softened.

Add ground beef and cook, stirring occasionally and breaking into small pieces, for about 7 to 10 minutes until lightly browned. Drain excess fat, if any.

Add tomato sauce, tomato paste, ketchup, and beef broth. Stir in sugar and Italian seasoning. Bring to a boil.

Lower heat, cover and simmer for about 35 to 45 minutes or until meat is fully cooked and sauce is slightly thickened.

During the last 10 minutes of cooking, add browned hotdogs. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

For the Bechamel Sauce

In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt butter.

Add flour and stir well into a smooth paste. Cook, stirring regularly, for about 1 to 2 minutes or until golden (but NOT browned) and starts to bubble a bit.

Slowly add milk in a thin stream, whisking vigourously until mixture is very smooth and lump-free. Continue to cook, whisking regularly, for about 4 to 5 minutes or until thick but pourable. The sauce should be thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.

Season with salt and pepper to taste.

                                                                                    By : Lalaine manalo

I learn to cook this dish by watching a video of it. I got interested on it because the first time i taste it, it was so sweet and I don’t get tired of eating it over and over again.

It is one of the best food for me because it was so good and the dishes i know so far and i most likely the taste of it. 

People will gonna love this dish because of its unavoidable taste. It maybe has a little effort to make but it will be worth it.

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Apo on the wall

poem written by Bj Patino was about the Martial Law that happen on  21 September 1972.

         The poem talks about the power, discipline and strong will to be a man. It talks about the lifestyle of a person which is to have dignity and loyalty to their works. In the past, there are a rule called martial law that under of President Ferdinand Marcos, they say it was bloody in that time, and i read about it, the philippine was experiencing poverty and underemployment, i thank that i didn’t live in that time which is in crisis. I feel sad about the poem because if i think about the past i cant imagine how many Filipino died, but we have to accept the past without regrets and just move on and gave Time/attention in the present.