Lasagne

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:56:24 GMT

Step 1

Fry chopped onion till translucent, add garlic paste and fry for couple mins

Step 2

Add mince and cook until it changes colour

Step 3

Add spices (salt, red chilli flakes, black pepper, paprika and garlic powder) and cook on high heat until water dries and oil separates

Step 4

Add passata and mix it well. Cover and cook on low heat for 15mins and then turn heat high to dry out excess liquid

Step 5

For the white sauce i use a 470g jar of ready made white sauce from supermarket and add in chopped green bell pepper and dried mixed herbs and mix properly (As the bell pepper is not cooked into the sauce, it adds diff texture to lasagne)

Step 6

Boil Lasagne sheets as per instructions, drain and let sit in cold water for a bit.

Step 7

(Tip: To figure out how many sheets you need, place uncooked in your dish. You may need to cut your cooked lasagne sheets if they don’t fit as a whole e.g i used 2.5 sheets per layer and had 7 layers)

Step 8

In an oven proof dish, add tomato sauce at the bottom and then continue layering with lasagne sheets > white sauce > lasagne sheets > red sauce > lasagne sheets until your final layer is lasagne sheet topped with white sauce. (This helps ensure both sauces don’t mix up and form a weird paste and their flavours remain distinct)

Step 9

Add shredded cheese in between some layers too.

Step 10

For the final layer, i cut up cheese slices in small pieces and added it along with cheddar cheese. You can also add mozzarella for the cheese pull but cheddar tastes much better in my opinion.

Step 11

Cover with foil and cook in oven for 40 mins at 200 °C

Step 12

Remove foil and put on grill for 15mins until cheese is golden and edges become crispy

Step 13

Let it rest for 15-20mins then cut and serve (this is also important to ensure the layers stay intact)

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