Lasagne

Ingredients

• 1/2 kilo beef mince @hosnabutchery
• 2 tbs olive oil
• 2 small brown onions finely diced
• 1 packet of fresh lasagne sheets (you won’t need the whole packet but you can freeze left overs it’s fine )
• 3 jars of good quality pasta sauce
• 1 bag good quality mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves
• 4 cloves freshly crushed garlic
• 1 can sliced mushrooms (I like to use canned ones but you can use fresh )
• Salt n pepper , beef or chicken stock Cube .
• 3/4 cup salted butter
• 3/4 cup plain flour
• 650mls of full cream milk
• 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan (optional)
• 1 tbs vegeta
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg

Instructions

1. 1

   --- Method ---

2. 2

   Cook off the onions , mince , garlic with the oil and season well .

3. 3

   Add canned mushrooms

4. 4

   Add beef or chicken stock cube

5. 5

   Add pasta sauce jars with a little water and bring to a boil and simmer on low heat for about an hour so sauce can thicken , make sure it’s covered .

6. 6

   Add fresh basil at the end when the sauce is ready .

7. 7

   --- Method ---

8. 8

   Add flour and butter to a pot and whisk well until all absorbed together.

9. 9

   Slowly add milk and whisk bit by bit until the milk is finished - keep whisking a sauce will form , add the Parmesan .

10. 10

    Turn off heat and add vegeta and nutmeg , whisk well altogether.

11. 11

    --- Steps Making Lasagne ---

12. 12

    Grease baking tray with some sauce , add one layer lasagne sheets , one layer of the sauce , few spoons of the bechamel sauce and layer of mozzarella cheese .

13. 13

    Top that with a another layer of lasagne sheets and repeat process until you see the sauces are nearly finished and depending the tray size you use should make 2/3 layers .

14. 14

    Top layer is topped with bechamel and the rest of the cheese . .

15. 15

    Top with fresh or dry parsley or Italian herbs

16. 16

    Bake at 200 for 40 mins covered .

17. 17

    Uncover and bake a further 15mins .

18. 18

    Cover and Allow to rest 15 mins before you cut up .

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