Lasagne
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Ingredients (serves 8 people)
+ Lasagne sheets (I half boil them first to soften)
+ Mozzarella cheese
For the bolognese sauce:
+ 2 tbls Olive oil
+ 750gram Beef mince
+ 1 brown onion, halved, finely chopped
+ 2 garlic cloves, crushed
+ 400g cans Italian diced tomatoes
+ 55g (1/4 cup) tomato paste
+ Salt & black pepper
+ Diced carrots + mushrooms
For the bachemel sauce(heat in saucepan-do not burn):
+ 1L (4 cups) milk
+ 1 1/2 cup plain flour
+ 1tbls butter
Method:
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until onion softens. Add the mince and cook, stirring with a wooden spoon to break up any lumps, for 5 minutes or until mince changes colour. Add the tomato and tomato paste, and bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low. Simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes or until sauce thickens slightly.
- Add your vegetable and leave on for another 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
- Meanwhile, to make the bachemel sauce, melt the butter in a saucepan over medium-high heat until foaming. Add the flour and milk and cook, stirring, for 1-2 minutes or until mixture bubbles and begins to come away from the side of the pan. Remove from heat and set aside
- Strain the bachemel sauce through a fine sieve into a bowl. Discard solids.
- Preheat oven to 180°C. Brush a rectangular 3L (12 cup) capacity ovenproof dish with oil to lightly grease. Spread one-quarter of the bechamel sauce over the base of the prepared dish. Arrange 1 lasagne sheet over the sauce. Top with one-third of the mince mixture and one-third of the remaining bechamel sauce. Continue layering with the remaining lasagne sheets, mince mixture and bechamel, finishing with a layer of bechamel. Sprinkle with mozzarella. Place on a baking tray. Bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes or until cheese melts, is golden brown, and the edges are bubbling. Remove from oven and set aside for 10 minutes to set.
- Cut the lasagne into 8 portions and serve with mixed salad leaves.
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