Mum's Lasagne

pasta
italian
mains
beef-mince

What you need

Meat Sauce

  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1-2 clove garlic
  • Mushrooms
  • 500g mince
  • 1 large tin tomatoes
  • 0.5 cup beef stock if required
  • 1 tsp oregano
  • 1 tsp basil
  • ½ tsp rosemary
  • 1 tsp salt

Cheese Sauce

  • 60g butter
  • 3 tbsp corn flour
  • 2 cups milk
  • Cheese. A lot of it.

Topping

  • ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • Cream

How it’s done

Meat Sauce

Preheat oven to 180°C

Cook onion, garlic and mushrooms for a few minutes

Add meat and cook until browned

Add all other ingredients and cook for about 15 minutes.

Cheese Sauce

Melt butter in saucepan

Stir in flour and cook gently for a minute or two (no more), stirring frequently

Gradually add the milk, stirring all the time, until sauce begins to boil and then thickens.

Add grated cheese and stir

Lasagne

Place alternating layers of noodles, meat sauce and cheese sauce in the lasagne dish starting with meat sauce (if using instant noodles), then noodles, then meat sauce again, then cheese sauce, then noodles, meat sauce, cheese sauce, noodles

Finish with a layer of cheese sauce and sprinkle the top with the parmesan cheese.

Bake in moderate oven for about 30 - 35 minutes

Pour cream over the top and bake for a further 5 – 10 minutes