Lasagna Recipe
Here is a great recipe for a simple lasagna. Try and follow the instructions as closely as you can and you shouldn’t go too wrong. Once you have mastered this you will probably find you can start to add your own personalised touch to your next lasagna efforts. There are quite a few other lasagna recipes on this site, including one which substitutes the Bechemal for Ricotta cheese for a really cheesy lasagna. Good luck!
Ingredients
Minced Beef 450g
Tin of Tomatoes 400g
Mushrooms 100g
Chopped onion 1
Garlic 1 clove
Beef Stock 1/2 pint (300ml)
Butter 25g
Lasagne Verdi 1 Packet
1 tsp Cayenne Pepper Buy Cayenne Pepper Online
FOR THE WHITE SAUCE
Milk 300ml
Butter 25g
Plain Flour 25g
Grated Cheddar 50g
Method
1. To prepare the Meat Sauce, fry the Mince Beef and Onion until brown.
2. Stir in the Cayenne Pepper, Stock, Garlic, Tomatoes and Mushrooms (sliced).
3. Cook for about an hour until thick and rich.
4. If necessary add 2 tablespoons of Cornflour dissolved in a small amount of cold water to thicken.
5. Grease an oven proof dish.
6. To make the Bechamel sauce, melt the Butter, stir the Flour in and add the Milk,
stirring until thickened.
7. Grate the Cheese and add. Add seasoning to taste.
8. Layer the ingredients repeatedly, starting with the Meat Sauce, then the Lasagne, ending with the Bechamel Sauce.
9. Sprinkle some Parmesan Cheese on top and bake in the oven at 400F / 200C / Mark 6 for about 45 minutes.
10. Serve with Parmesan Cheese.
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 30 mins
Cooking time: 1 hr 45 mins
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266 Comments
im 13 and this is the first time i had made lasagna. this was easy and clear to follow. to all the people complaining, if a 13 year old girl who has never made this before can read and understand it well then i thik grown men and women should to.