Just Lasagne, my way.
You can have Just Lasagne, my way using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Just Lasagne, my way
- It's 1 of white onion finely chopped.
- You need 1 of carrot finely chopped.
- It's 1 of celery stick finely chopped.
- You need 2 cloves of garlic finely chopped.
- It's 500 g of beef mince.
- It's 80 g of smoked pancetta.
- It's 200 mls of red wine.
- Prepare 1 tin of quality chopped tomatoes.
- You need 1 tbsp of tomato purée.
- It's 2-4 of bay leaves (depending on size).
- Prepare 1 tsp of chopped oregano.
- You need sheets of Dried pasta.
- It's 300 ml of creme fraiche.
- You need 1 tbsp of milk.
- You need of Parmesan and cheddar cheese for grating.
- It's 1 of ball mozzarella.
- Prepare of Nutmeg for grating.
- It's A few of fresh basil leaves.
Just Lasagne, my way instructions
- Add the onion, carrot, celery and garlic to a pan and fry in olive oil over a medium heat until soft.
- Turn up the heat and add the pancetta and fry for 3 minutes. Then add the beef and fry until brown all over. Then add the red wine and cook until reduced by half..
- Add the chopped tomatoes, the tomato purée, the bay leaves, oregano, salt and pepper. Reduce the heat to low and cook for 2 hours. Check every 30 minutes and add water to keep the mixture loose..
- Once the ragu is cooked, preheat the oven to 180 degrees and then make the white sauce by mixing 2 handfuls of grated Parmesan cheese with the creme fraiche, 1 tsp grated nutmeg, 1 tbsp milk and a pinch of black pepper..
- Now prepare to layer the lasagne. Start with a thin layer of ragu (and a few chopped basil leaves), followed by a layer of pasta sheets, then a layer of white sauce and a sprinkling of cheddar cheese and/or some mozzarella. Repeat the layers until you run out of mixture (the final layer should be white sauce)..
- Top the lasagne with a sprinkling of cheddar, Parmesan and mozzarella and place in the oven for 1 hour, until golden brown..