Lasagne
A One Pound Meals favourite! Lasagne is a real crowd pleaser and is perfect for scaling up the recipe to feed a whole group of friends and family. This is a dish that you can be proud to boast was made entirely from scratch, even the bechamel sauce!
Ingredients (1 person):
¼ onion, diced
1 clove garlic, sliced
125g minced beef
½ tin of tomatoes (200g)
1 tsp salted butter
1 tsp plain flour
150ml milk
45g mature cheddar cheese, grated
3 pasta sheets
olive oil
salt & pepper
Recipe:
Pre-heat your oven to 190°C/gas 5.
Pan fry the diced onion over a medium heat for 5 minutes in a splash of olive oil. Then add the minced beef and chopped garlic. Season with salt & pepper and continue to try for 10 minutes until the minced beef is lightly browned all over. Next add the tinned tomatoes and simmer over a low heat for 10 minutes while you make the bechamel sauce.
Melt 1 teaspoon of butter in a sauce pan over a medium heat and add 1 teaspoon of flour. Stir to form a paste and then add a small amount of milk (approx 50ml), continue stirring over a medium heat until the paste is fully dissolved in the milk. Then continue this process of adding small amounts of milk and stirring, until all the milk has been added and you have a thick white sauce. Remove from the heat and stir in a handful of grated cheese to finish your bechamel sauce.
In an oven proof dish, layer ⅓ of your filling, then a sheet of pasta and ⅓ of your bechamel sauce. Repeat this 3 times and top with a little extra cheese to create that signature caramelised lasagne topping.
Cook in the oven for 25 minutes at 190°C/gas 5 until the lasagne has a perfectly golden top.