Sam’s Lasagne

Updated at: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 01:23:55 GMT

Step 1

Finely chop 1 onion. Coat bottom of pot with olive oil and brown onion over medium high heat.

Step 2

Add the mince and cook until all juices are gone.

Step 3

Add can of tomatos with water (rinse can out) and cook for about 2 minutes until some of the water has evaporated.

Step 4

Add jar of tomato paste (use water to get all paste out of jar). Cook for about 1 minute. Add about 2.5 jars of water to the pot.

Step 5

Wait for pot to simmer then turn down heat to medium and put the lid on. Leave for an hour. If there is any foam on top, remove this before placing lid on. Check and mix every 20 minutes.

Step 6

While sauce simmers, boil eggs by placing eggs in pot of water. Roughly chop ham. When eggs crack, they are ready. Put in cold water to cool, then peel and place in a bowl.

Step 7

Mash eggs with a fork then place in fridge.

Step 8

After 1 hour, add 1/2 tbsp of salt, 1/2 tbsp pepper, 20 large basil leaves (broken with hands), 1 tspn cayenne pepper to the sauce and stir. Leave for about 15 minutes then taste.

Step 9

Add more salt, pepper, or basil if necessary. If not quite thick enough, leave for approx another 15 minutes.

Step 10

When finished, begin making lasagne by putting layer of sauce, then lasagne sheet (push down), sauce, all of ham on layer, then cheese, then a bit of sauce, then lasagne sheets (push down), sauce, all the egg, cheese, a bit more sauce (not too much - leave enough for the top), lasagne sheets (push down), rest of the sauce, then top with mozarella (1 cm slices - spaced out) and rest of grated cheese.

Step 11

Cook at 180c covered with foil for 20 minutes. Put fork in to see if it’s soft. Then cook uncovered until brown on top - no need to grill.

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