Beef Lasagne

Beef lasagne cooked in a white dish with a portion missing
  • 6 servings
  • 85 minutes to prepare
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Ingredients

  • For the filling
  • 500g lean minced beef
  • 2tbsp Booths extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 large onion, finely chopped
  • 1 large carrot, grated
  • 1 celery stalk, finely chopped
  • 4 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 100g fresh oregano, roughly chopped
  • ¼tsp nutmeg
  • 2 400g tins of chopped tomatoes
  • 2tbsp tomato puree
  • 400ml hot beef stock, made from cube
  • 1 packet of lasagne sheets, no pre-cook
  • 100g freshly grated Parmesan cheese
  • For the white sauce
  • 50g butter
  • 50g plain flour
  • 650ml semi-skimmed milk, warmed
  • ¼tsp nutmeg
  • 150g grated cheddar cheese

Instructions

Pre-heat the oven to 180°c / gas mark 4.

In a large pan, fry the onion, celery and carrot for 5 minutes over a low heat then add the garlic and continue to cook for 2 further minutes before adding the tinned tomatoes, oregano, nutmeg and beef stock then bring to a steady simmer.

Meanwhile, fry the minced beef in two batches until browned, drain off the fat juices and add to the tomato sauce. Seasoning with salt and milled pepper, simmer for 10 minutes. Finally, add the tomato puree and leave until required.

To make the white sauce, simply melt the butter in a saucepan then remove from the heat, stir in the flour and then return to a low heat and gradually add the milk a little at a time stirring continuously.

Finish the sauce, by stirring in the cheddar cheese and nutmeg set aside.

To make up the lasagne, layer up the beef mince, lasagne sheets and white sauce finishing with a layer of white sauce.

Finish by sprinkling over the Parmesan cheese and bake for 30 minutes with tin foil and a further 10 minutes without, until nicely browned.

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