Lasagne cupcake

I can provide you with an Italian variant of what might be the concept of “lasagne cupcakes”. The recipe I’m describing is a kind of lasagna in individual servings, cooked in muffin tins, which resemble “cupcakes”. Here’s how to proceed:

Ingredients

• 250 g of fresh lasagna sheets
• 300 g of Bolognese sauce (ground meat, tomato puree, onion, carrot, celery, red wine)
• 200 g of bechamel sauce
• 100 g of grated Parmesan cheese
• Diced mozzarella cheese, to taste
• Salt, to taste
• Ground black pepper, to taste
• Extra virgin olive oil, to taste

Preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
2. Cut the lasagna sheets into squares large enough to line the muffin molds you will use.
3. Boil salted water in a saucepan and blanch the lasagna squares for about 5 minutes to make them more pliable.
4. Prepare the Bolognese sauce by sautéing the chopped onion, carrot, and celery in extra virgin olive oil. Add the ground meat and allow it to brown. Pour in the red wine and let it evaporate. Add the tomato puree, salt, and cook for at least one hour.
5. Prepare a thick bechamel sauce with butter, flour, and milk. Season it with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
6. Grease the muffin tins with a little bit of olive oil.
7. Place a square of lasagna in each tin, then add a layer of Bolognese sauce, some diced mozzarella, and top with a bit of bechamel. Sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese.
8. Fold the edges of the pasta inside the tin to close the “cupcake”.
9. Repeat the layering until the tin is filled, finishing with bechamel and Parmesan.
10. Bake in the oven for about 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
11. Allow to cool for a few minutes before removing the lasagne cupcakes from the molds.

Serve hot or warm.

Curiosity

The presentation of lasagna in the form of cupcakes is a modern innovation that combines the tradition of baked lasagna with the convenience of individual servings, making them ideal for parties or casual events. Creativity in Italian cuisine is limitless, and this recipe is an example of how classic dishes can be reinterpreted in a contemporary key.