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Easy - Med - HardClassic Beef Lasagne
There’s nothing quite like a hearty beef lasagne made with fresh Australian Made, Australian Grown ingredients to bring family and friends together on the weekend. This tasty dish is sure to be a crowd pleaser.
Ingredients
For the lasagne:
- 9 dried lasagne sheets
- 1/3 cup grated cheddar cheese
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
For the Bolognese sauce:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 carrot, finely chopped or grated
- 1 stick celery, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 500g lean beef mince
- 140g carton tomato paste
- 1 cup tomato passata
- 1 cup Massel chicken style liquid stock
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
For the white sauce:
- 60g butter
- 1/4 cup plain flour
- 450ml milk
Method
- Heat oil in a heavy-based saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, carrot, celery and garlic. Cook for 3 minutes, or until tender. Add mince. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until browned. Add tomato paste, pasta sauce, stock, wine, oregano, nutmeg, and salt and pepper. Mix well
- Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer, uncovered, for 35 to 45 minutes or until thick. Season with salt and pepper.
- Preheat oven to 180C. Grease a 6cm deep, 29cm x 20cm (base) lasagne dish.
- Melt butter in a heavy-based saucepan over medium-high heat. Add flour. Cook, stirring, for 1 to 2 minutes, or until mixture is bubbling. Remove from heat. Slowly add milk, stirring until mixture is smooth. Return to heat. Cook, stirring, for 10 minutes or until mixture comes to the boil.
- Spoon a little bolognese sauce into base of baking dish. Top with 3 sheets of pasta. Spoon over half the remaining bolognese sauce. Top with one-third of the white sauce. Spread evenly over bolognese. Repeat pasta, bolognese and white sauce layers. Top with final layer of pasta. Spoon remaining white sauce over pasta sheets. Spread evenly. Sprinkle with cheeses.
- Bake lasagne, uncovered, for 30 to 35 minutes, or until pasta is tender and top is golden. Stand for 10 minutes before serving.
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