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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 45 Minutes |
Ready In: 45 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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Lasagne is my favorite dish. It also happens to be the favourite dish of a feline celebrity - Garfield! What most of us don't know is that Lasagne is both a form of pasta and a dish. This is my recipe for Lasagne which I whipped up. Read more . You can make adjustments and modifications as you like. Ingredients:
1 lb (450 g) minced beef |
1 small onion, chopped |
14 oz can tomatoes |
2 1/4 oz can tomato paste |
2 level tsp sugar |
1/4 level tsp dried oregano |
1/4 level tsp dried thyme |
1/4 level tsp cayenne pepper |
1/4 level tsp chopped garlic |
6 oz (175 g) lasagne |
1 egg, beaten |
8 oz (225 g) ricotta or cream cheese |
8 oz (225 g) mozzarella cheese diced |
bay leaf |
salt |
Directions:
1. In a large saucepan cook the minced beef and onion until the beef is
2. browned, stirring. Add the tomatoes with their liquid, tomato paste, sugar,
3. salt, herbs and spices.
4. Bring to the boil, stirring. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 30
5. minutes, keep stirring occasionally. Discard the bay leaf.
6. Tilt the pan and spoon off any fat from the sauce. Meanwhile, cook the
7. lasagne in a large saucepan of boiling salted water. Drain well.
8. In a greased roasting tin or oven proof dish arrange half the lasagne
9. sheets, carefully overlapping them to fit the dish neatly.
10. Mix the beaten egg with the Ricotta cheese and stir well. Spoon half of the
11. mixture over the top of the lasagne and spread it out evenly to the edges,
12. to cover the lasagne.
13. Sprinkle over half the Mozzarella and top with half the meat sauce. Repeat layers, finishing with meat sauce. Bake at 190 C (375 F) mark 5 for about 45 minutes.
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