Taming twins slow cooker 1 pot lasagne

Name: Taming twins slow cooker 1 pot lasagne
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 h 45 min
Total time: 6 h 5 min
Cuisine: Italian, Mediterranean, European
Ingredients: 500g beef mince (5% fat); 1 Onion - Peeled & finely chopped; 4 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed; 3 celery sticks, finely chopped; 3 carrots, peeled and finely chopped; 2 x 400g tins chopped tomatoes; 75g tomato purée; 2 tsp dried oregano; 4 tbsp Worcestershire sauce; 3 bay leaves; Sea salt; Freshly ground black pepper; 500ml hot beef stock; 250g dried lasagne sheets; 1 jar white lasagne sauce

4 steps

Prep:20minCook:5h 45min

Updated at: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 15:12:50 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories826 kcal (41%)

Total Fat40.1 g (57%)

Carbs79 g (30%)

Sugars20.3 g (23%)

Protein40.3 g (81%)

Sodium1438.5 mg (72%)

Fiber5.6 g (20%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

For the Slow Cooker

500gbeef mince

5% fat

1Onion

Peeled & finely chopped

peeled and finely chopped

2 x 400gtins chopped tomatoes

75gtomato purée

2 tspdried oregano

4 Tbspworcestershire sauce

3bay leaves

sea salt

freshly ground black pepper

To Finish

500mlbeef stock

hot

250gdried lasagne sheets

1 jarwhite lasagne sauce

Instructions

Step 1

1. Add all of the slow cook ingredients to the slow cooker pot and season with salt and pepper. Mix everything together, pop the lid on and cook on HIGH for 5 hours or LOW for 7-9 hours until the sauce is thick and rich.

Step 2

2. Remove the bay leaves and discard. Add the beef stock and give everything and mix to combine with the sauce. Take the dried lasagne sheets and push them into the sauce in the slow cooker, so they are standing up vertically side by side (if you can avoid them touching each other too much as they cook it helps to stop them sticking together). You will need to snap some of them in half (or smaller) to fit them all in. Put the lid back on and cook on HIGH for 15 minutes.

Step 3

3. Give everything a good stir, moving the softened pasta around so any partially uncooked pieces are now submerged. Now dollop the ricotta cheese all over the surface and sprinkle the mozzarella on top. Put the lid on and cook on HIGH for a further 15-25 minutes, then serve.

Optional

Step 4

If you want the cheese to be crispy and you have a slow cooker pan that is safe to use under the grill (please check!), pop it under a hot grill for 5 minutes until the cheese is golden and bubbling.