Lasagne

Pasta · Italian classic.

Ingredients

• 1 tblsp Olive Oil
• 2 Bacon
• 1 finely chopped Onion
• 1 Stick Celery
• 1 medium Carrots
• 2 cloves chopped Garlic
• 500g Minced Beef
• 1 tbls Tomato Puree
• 800g Chopped Tomatoes
• 1 tblsp Honey
• 500g Lasagne Sheets
• 400ml Creme Fraiche
• 125g Mozzarella Balls
• 50g Parmesan Cheese
• Topping Basil Leaves

Method

1. Prep and chop — Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Use kitchen scissors to snip the bacon into small pieces, or use a sharp knife to chop it on a chopping board.
2. Add ingredients — Add the bacon to the pan and cook for just a few mins until starting to turn golden.
3. Stir — Add the onion, celery and carrot, and cook over a medium heat for 5 mins, stirring occasionally, until softened.
4. Stir — Add the garlic and cook for 1 min, then tip in the mince and cook, stirring and breaking it up with a wooden spoon, for about 6 mins until browned all over.
5. Mix together — Stir in the tomato purée and cook for 1 min, mixing in well with the beef and vegetables.
6. Prep and chop — Tip in the chopped tomatoes. Fill each can half full with water to rinse out any tomatoes left in the can, and add to the pan.
7. Simmer — Add the honey and season to taste. Simmer for 20 mins.
8. Heat the pan — Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. To assemble the lasagne, ladle a little of the ragu sauce into the bottom of the roasting tin or casserole dish, spreading the sauce all over the base.
9. Continue cooking — Place 2 sheets of lasagne on top of the sauce overlapping to make it fit, then repeat with more sauce and another layer of pasta.
10. Continue cooking — Repeat with a further 2 layers of sauce and pasta, finishing with a layer of pasta.
11. Mix together — Put the crème fraîche in a bowl and mix with 2 tbsp water to loosen it and make a smooth pourable sauce.
12. Continue cooking — Pour this over the top of the pasta, then top with the mozzarella.

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