Name: Lasagne a la San Juan (Lasagna a la San Juan)
Yield: Serves 12
Cuisine: puerto rican
Ingredients: 1 can (14½ ounces) whole tomatoes, liquid included; ¼ teaspoon ground pepper; 1½ teaspoons salt; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1½ teaspoons whole dried orégano; 1 teaspoon basil leaves; ⅓ cup fresh parsley sprigs, minced; ¼ cup bread or cracker crumbs; 12 ounces Ricotta or Pot Cottage cheese; ½ cup flour; 1 quart (4 cups) milk; 3 packages (4 ounces each) Mozzarella cheese, shredded; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1½ cups freshly grated Parmesan cheese; 2 ounces salt pork, washed and diced; 1 egg; ½ cup chopped green peppers, seeded; 1 ounce (2 tablespoons) butter; 6 cloves garlic, peeled, washed and diced; 1½ pounds lean ground beef; ¼ pound butter; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 pound packaged ribbed lasagne noodles; 3 tablespoons salt; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 6 quarts water; ¼ cup white wine; ¼ cup seeded raisins; 3 tablespoons tomato paste; ¾ cup chopped onions

Preparation info

Serves
12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Puerto Rican Cookery

By Carmen Aboy Valldejuli

Published 1983

About

Ingredients

A

2 tablespoons olive oil
2 ounces salt pork, washed and diced
6

Americas
Pasta
Caribbean
Puerto Rico

Method

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 16 x 10 x 3-inch lasagne pan.
In a large frying pan, heat olive oil included in A. Brown rapidly salt pork and garlic and discard.
Reduce heat to low, add ingredients included in B, and sau