Easy Italian pasta bake

Name: Easy Italian pasta bake
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 300 gr pasta; Grana Padano cheese; Tomato passata; Olive oil; leaves Basil; 500 ml whole milk; 50 gr unsalted butter; 50 gr all-purpose flour; Salt

Beatrice Tomasella @cook_27061258

I am Italian, every Christmas I go to my grandma's home and she always cooks the most delicious lasagne for us. I just moved here in UK about 2 months ago, and since I'm starting to miss my so beloved Italian food, I tried to make and easier version of my her lasagne.
(In the original recipe there's grounded beef too, but I made a vegetarian version).
Here's the recipe i created, enjoy!

Beatrice Tomasella @cook_27061258

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Ingredients

30 mins

3 servings

300 grpasta
Grana Padano cheese
Tomato passata
Olive oil
leavesBasil
For the beschamel
500 mlwhole milk
50 grunsalted butter
50 grall-purpose flour
Salt

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Steps

30 mins

1

Cook the pasta in salted boiling water until almost fully cooked (it will complete to cook in the oven)
2

In the meantime, prepare the bechamel sauce. Warm up the milk, then melt the butter into a saucepan, and add the flour to it, mixing it together. When smooth, start adding the milk and mix until there are no clumps left. On medium heat, add salt to taste and keep stirring until the sauce thickens. Turn off the heat and set aside.
3

Drain the pasta, then put it back into its pan on medium heat. Add the tomato passata (as much as you prefer) and the olive oil (about 3 tablespoons). Stir everything well for a few minutes, then turn off the heat.
4

Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F)
5

Grab a loafpan, and begin making layers (they should be only 2). Start with a layer of pasta, then bechamel sauce, then repeat. The last layer has to be bechamel. Put a couple handfuls of grated grana padano cheese on top, then add some basil leaves.
6

Now that you assembled everything, put the loafpan into the oven for about 20/30 minutes or until the cheese on top becomes golden and crispy.
7

You made it! I hope you like my recipe, buon appetito! :)