Beef Lasagna Recipe
This beef lasagne is 100% comfort food and is simply delicious! It may be a little daunting to make this particular recipe but we can promise that it is well worth the effort!
Ingredients
- 1 kg Beef mince
- 150 grams of Pork sausage meat
- 600ml Full cream milk
- 1 Large onion
- 2 tsp Crushed garlic
- Pinch of nutmeg
- 250 grams Lasagne sheets
- Grated parmesan cheese
- Grated mozzarella cheese
- Salt and Pepper
- Vegetable oil
- 2 tbsp Tomato puree
- 3 tsp Dried oregano
- 2 tins of chopped peeled tomatoes
- 150 ml Beef stock
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 2 tbsp Four
Method
- Boil a kettle of water and pour it into a bowl, place your lasagna sheets into the water one at a time and allow to stand for about 10 minutes or so so that they par-cook
- In a pan on a medium heat with a little oil add the onions and cook until they begin to soften. Add the pork sausage meat and fry for about another 3 minutes (Break them up as much as possible). Then add the beef mince and cook for about 10 minutes. Make sure that it is cooked through
- Add the tomato puree, tomatoes, beef stock and oregano. Allow the mixture to heat through, taste and season with salt and pepper and then leave it to simmer for about 30 minutes to reduce the liquid and thicken up while you make the white sauce
- While you waiting for the 30 minutes to pass you can make the cheese sauce. Take a small pot and place on medium heat, melt the butter and then stir in the flour. You want the flour to cook but not brown so make sure you are stirring all the time and that your stove is not too hot. This should take about 3 minutes with the butter and flour mixture foaming. Now add the milk little by little and stir furiously to get a smooth consistency and you have used all of the milk. Now add the nutmeg, give it a final stir off the heat
- Take a 20x30cm or similar ovenproof dish that is at least 6-8cm high and give it a light rubbing with some butter or spray and cook all over the base and add a thin layer of the meat sauce, then a layer of lasagna sheets, a thin layer of white sauce, a sprinkle of parmesan cheese, then another layer of lasagna sheets and repeat until it is all finished. Sprinkle a nice thick layer of Mozzarella cheese over the top with another fine sprinkle of parmesan cheese
- Into a 180 C oven, it goes for 40 to 45 minutes or until the top is brown and bubbling
- Allow resting for about 10 minutes before dishing up