Family Wild Boar Lasagna

Finely chop the carrots, onion, and celery stalks. Crush the garlic cloves.

Heat the olive oil in a very large pot (approx. 11 liters capacity). Sauté the chopped onion until translucent.

Add one of the crushed garlic cloves and some tomato passata (approx. 500g) and let it cook briefly. Then remove the garlic clove.

Add the wild boar meat and brown it vigorously until it loses its color and most of the water has evaporated.

Pour in the red wine and let it cook down completely. Stir in the tomato paste and roast it briefly.

Now add the chopped carrots and celery and sauté them for a few minutes.

Add the remaining tomato passata (approx. 5.9 kg), the whole chili pepper, the bay leaves, and the second garlic clove. Pour in the beef broth. (Alternatively, you can use 1 liter of water with a bouillon cube).

Bring the sauce to a boil, then reduce the heat and let the sugo simmer slowly for at least 2 hours. Stir regularly to prevent burning.

Towards the end of the cooking time, remove the chili pepper, bay leaves, garlic clove, and rosemary sprig from the sugo. Season the sugo with salt, freshly ground pepper, and the Italian spice blend.

Melt the butter in a medium-sized pot over medium heat.

Whisk in the flour and let it sauté for 1-2 minutes while stirring (do not brown).

Gradually pour in the milk while stirring constantly to avoid lumps.

Bring the sauce to a boil while stirring and let it simmer for about 5 minutes until it thickens. Season with salt and pepper.

Preheat the oven to 180°C top/bottom heat.

Take about 7 liters of the prepared sugo for the lasagna. Spread a layer of sugo on the bottom of a large baking dish.

Place a layer of lasagna sheets on top. Make sure the sheets cover the entire surface (cut if necessary).

Spread a layer of Béchamel sauce over the lasagna sheets and sprinkle with some grated Parmesan.

Repeat the layers: sugo, lasagna sheets, Béchamel sauce, Parmesan. Continue until all ingredients are used up. The top layer should consist of Béchamel sauce.

Generously sprinkle the top layer with the remaining Parmesan.

Bake the lasagna in the preheated oven for 30-45 minutes, or until the surface is golden brown and the sauce is bubbling.

Let the lasagna rest for a few minutes before serving so it sets.

Enjoy this super delicious Family Wild Boar Lasagna. A true feast for the whole family.