Ingredients:

1 tablespoon oil

1 clove garlic, minced

2 tablespoons onion, chopped

750 grams of ground beef

1 cup carrot, cooked and cut into small cubes

1 cup of Knorr® tomato cream

1 tablespoon Knorr® Switzerland chicken broth

1/2 teaspoons basil, dried

1/2 teaspoons oregano

2 tablespoons of oil

1 clove garlic, minced

1/4 cups onion, chopped

2 dried chiles de arbol

2 1/2 cups of water

1/4 cups basil leaf

8 lasagna pasta

1/2 cups Manchego cheese, grated

Preparation:

1.For the bolognese, heat the oil and fry the garlic, onion and meat until it turns golden brown. Add the carrot and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of Knorr® Tomato Cream, 1 tablespoon of Knorr® Swiss Chicken Broth, basil and oregano. Let it cook over medium heat until the meat is well cooked.

2.For the sauce, heat the oil and fry the garlic, onion and chile de arbol until they turn golden brown.

3.Pour in the water, and immediately the rest of Knorr® Tomato Cream, mix until the lumps are broken up and let it come to a boil. Stir constantly and add the basil leaves. Cook over low heat until it thickens a little.

4.Place a little sauce at the bottom of a baking dish, arrange a layer of lasagna, a layer of ground meat and a little of the tomato sauce. Repeat the procedure until you finish with the ingredients.

5.Finish with a layer of lasagna, cover with the sauce and sprinkle with cheese. Cover and bake at 180°C for 30 minutes or until the pasta is cooked through.

According to culinary scholars, lasagna has its origins in ancient Rome, even ancient Greece. Cicero himself mentions his passion for “Lagum” (long strips of pasta) in some of his philosophical writings. But as in practically all culinary topics, the origins of this delicious recipe have also raised some disputes.

In 2007 the London newspaper The Daily Telegraph published that lasagna was a British dish. To prove this news, they cited a recipe book from 1390 dedicated to monarch Richard ll, in which the first documented mention of lasagna appeared. The news raised the ire of the Italians, who offered another version: the true creator of the current lasagna was Maria Borgogno and they presented texts that proved it and that were dated 1316.

What is clear is that lasagna dates back to a time when neither the United Kingdom nor Italy existed as countries; and which is currently, possibly, one of the most reinterpreted dishes in the world. And as an example, our prepared signs, which would delight Cicero himself, not in vain, you would only have to heat your favorite lasagna for about 6 minutes in the microwave and that’s it. Who can resist that?