Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, lasagne. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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Lasagne is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Lasagne is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lasagne using 19 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Lasagne:
- Make ready 500 gm lean beef mince
- Take 1 clove garlic
- Get 1 Onion diced
- Get 1 medium Carrot sliced
- Prepare 3 stalks Celery sliced
- Make ready 2 Tbsn Tomato Paste
- Take 1 tin diced or crushed tomatoes approx 400gm
- Make ready 1/2 cup red wine (optional)
- Take 1 chicken stock cube
- Prepare Italian Herbs, basil, parsley, oregano, dried or fresh
- Take 250 gm Lasagne Sheets Dried or Fresh
- Make ready Bechamel Sauce
- Make ready 60 gm butter
- Get 1/3 cup plain flour
- Prepare 2 cups milk
- Get 1/2 cup cheddar cheese grated
- Make ready 2 cups mozzarella cheese grated
- Get Nutmeg fresh or dried
- Get Baking dish approx 30.5 x 24.5 x 4.5 cm
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Steps to make Lasagne:
- Brown mince, garlic, onion in a medium to large frying pan.
- Add carrot and celery and stir-fry for approx 5 mins.
- Combine Red wine, tomato paste and chicken stock cube together in a bowl then add to the frypan.
- Add tin of tomatoes, herbs, stir well, cover and allow to simmer for approx 30 mins. Add 1/2 cup of water if the mixture is not liquid enough.
- To Make Bechamel Sauce:
- Melt butter in a saucepan on medium to low.
- Add flour and stir constantly until you have a smooth paste (a roux).
- Remove from the heat and add a little bit of milk at a time whilst stirring to ensure you remove any lumps. Return to the heat and continue stirring until the sauce thickens.
- Add nutmeg, stir through, add cheddar cheese, stirring until melted. Remove from heat.
- Pre-heat Oven to 180 degrees.
- To Construct Your Lasagne:
- Take a ladle of meat sauce and spread over the base of the baking dish.
- Add a layer of Lasagne sheets then spread some more meat sauce, then a sprinkle of mozzarella cheese, then thin layer of Bechamel sauce. Repeat this layering until all ingredients are used.
- Bake in oven for approximately 40 mins or until golden brown.
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