Lasagne.
You can cook Lasagne using 23 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Lasagne
- It's 500 g of beef/steak mince.
- It's 500 g of pork mince.
- You need 2 of x onions.
- You need 2 of x carrots.
- It's 2 of x celery sticks.
- It's 1 glass of red wine.
- Prepare 1 glass of full fat milk.
- You need 1 of beef stock pot.
- Prepare 2 of x tinned tomato or passata.
- You need 1 tablespoon of sugar.
- It's 2 tablespoons of tomato puree.
- Prepare 1 tablespoon of oregano.
- It's Handful of fresh basil.
- It's to taste of Salt & pepper.
- It's 8 of fresh lasagne sheets.
- Prepare 250 g of grated cheese (mixed mozzarella & cheddar).
- Prepare of White sauce.
- You need 40 g of butter.
- It's 40 g of plain flour.
- Prepare 500 ml of milk.
- Prepare 1 of bay leaf.
- Prepare 1 pinch of nutmeg.
- Prepare 100 g of grated Parmesan cheese.
Lasagne instructions
- Heat pan with olive oil and add finely diced carrot, celery and onions. Sweat on a low heat until soft & translucent season with salt and pepper. Turn up the heat and add the mince & break up the meat so you have no clumps of meat - use a wooden spoon or whisk. Cook until meat is brown..
- Once the meat is browned add the red wine and wait until reduced slightly. After a few mins add the milk and cook for 2 minutes (this tenderises the meat and makes the ragu more creamy)..
- Finally add the tinned tomato (fill up both empty tins with water and add also), tomato paste, stock pot, sugar, oregano, basil and also a pinch of chilli (optional). Simmer on a low heat for 1 hour & half. This can be done much quicker but it’s worth waiting for!.
- For the white sauce add the butter to a pan on low heat to melt. Gradually whisk in the flour to form a smooth roux. First add in a small amount of milk whilst whisking, then add the rest of the milk. Add the bay leaf, nutmeg & pepper (no salt needed as Parmesan is salty). Whisk for around 5-10 minutes until the sauce starts to thicken. Then add the Parmesan cheese..
- Preheat an oven to 200 degrees. In a large lasagne dish, first add a few spoons of the red sauce so it covers the full dish. Pour some of the white sauce across the top. Sprinkle on some of the cheese & the cover with a lasagne sheet. Then repeat. For the top layer make sure it is the white sauce only then the grated cheese. Place into the hot oven for 45 minutes.
- To serve let rest for up to an hour. Cut up into slices to serve. This is great the next day also for any left over..