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Family Lasagne

This dish has a wonderful rich flavour, despite the low fat content. It can be put together the day before, then covered and placed in the fridge until needed.

Preparation time:
15 minutes
Cooking time:
50 minutes
Total time:
1 hour 5 minutes 60 minutes 5 minutes
Serves:
 6

Ingredients

  • For the meat sauce:
  • 500g pack Waitrose 5% Fat British Ground Beef
  • 1 large onion, finely chopped
  • 1 carrot, finely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 400g can chopped tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp tomato purée
  • 3 tbsp red wine
  • 1 tbsp fresh oregano, chopped (or 1 tsp dried)
  • 1 bay leaf
  • Geo Organic Sea Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • For the white sauce:
  • Geo Organic Sea Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 700ml skimmed milk
  • 1 thick slice of onion
  • 3 tbsp cornflour
  • Freshly grated nutmeg
  • 250g pack Waitrose Fresh Lasagne
  • 25g Parmesan cheese, grated

Method

  1. To make the meat sauce, put the beef, onion, carrot and garlic in a pan and cook over a medium heat, stirring, for about 5 minutes, until the meat is no longer pink. Spoon off any fat, but leave the juices.
  2. Add the tomatoes, tomato purée, red wine, oregano, bay leaf and seasoning. Bring to the boil, reduce to a simmer, cover and cook gently for 30 minutes.
  3. Meanwhile make the white sauce. Put all but 3 tbsp of the milk in a pan. Add the bay leaf and onion, bring to the boil, then remove from the heat and leave to stand for 15 minutes.
  4. In a separate pan, mix the cornflour with the remaining milk. Strain the infused milk into the pan and bring to the boil. Simmer for 2 minutes, stirring continuously, until thickened. Season and add nutmeg to taste. Remove from the heat.
  5. Preheat the oven to 190°C, gas mark 5. Cover the bottom of a medium-sized ovenproof serving dish with a single layer of lasagne sheets. Spoon on a thin layer of meat sauce, and cover with some of the white sauce. Arrange a layer of lasagne on top of this. Continue layering, finishing with white sauce. Sprinkle with the grated Parmesan. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until bubbling and golden on top. Serve immediately with a salad or green vegetables.

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Mango1

Mango1 02 November 2011 11:41

I have made this a couple of times and its lovely. I make a vege version with quorn mince and its lovely.. mmmm!!

saschlet

saschlet 03 February 2011 15:30

Without a doubt the best lasagne recipe I've ever come across. I must admit though, rather than spend time making the white sauce, I use Dolmio lasagne sauce which gives it an extra rich creamy/cheesey flavour. Even better reheated the following day!

shammy

shammy 19 October 2009 20:45

First time I have made lasagne, it tasted great with the family going for seconds so a bonus that it is lower in fat. The only addition I would make is to add some sundried tomatoes next time which would make it a bit richer.

Elaine

Elaine 17 May 2009 15:27

this recipe is great and simple to do. I was concerned about skimmed milk, but the outcome was very satisfying and it did not feel like a slimline version at all.

spud21

spud21 30 April 2009 19:23

Maybe I was using too large a dish, but I found that I had to spread each layer quite thinly as there wasn't enough for thick layers of either meat or white sauce. Recipe for white sauce works just as well with plain flour instead of cornflour.

FlyMe

FlyMe 25 April 2009 23:22

As a novice in the kitchen I was delighted with the way this turned out. By the way o leave out the winer would be a mistake - any alcohol evaporates in the cooking process so it is perfectly child friendly. I used a Medoc - in fact I may add a little more next time for a fuller depth of flavour.

rexfxx

rexfxx 09 February 2009 23:04

Really liked i,t though missed out the wine because of the kids . Will definitely make it again

Claudine Lewis

Claudine Lewis 11 February 2008 16:55

We really liked this - so much better than using the shop bought sauces.

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Nutritional Info

Typical values per serving:
Energy 266.0kcal
Fat 8.9g

3.4% fat per serving

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This recipe was first published on Waitrose.com in September 2001