Lasagne recipe?

HannahIOW

Hi Oldstylers :j

I realise there are lots of threads about lasagne already so I do expect this thread to get moved, but I am looking for more specific advise than I could find really.

I have never made a lasagne before and want to give it a go (I have made bolognese dozens of times).

I'm worried about knowing how much ingredients I need to fill the dish I have to use? It's a pyrex one... large ish, takes up the whole shelf in the oven pretty much. Worried about having enough stuff to do all the layers too.

Stuff I've got:
Minced beef (I think it's a kilo) - this is frozen but was bought fresh
1 jar red lasagne sauce
small carton of passata
tin of plum tomatoes
onions
tomato puree
garlic powder (couldn't find real garlic )
herbs du provence
1 jar white lasagne sauce but expect I will need to make some cheese sauce to go with it
pasta sheets which say they don't need pre cooking...

Also want to bung in some peas/sweetcorn/carrots etc to bulk out and add goodness...

Anyone got any pointers please?

Linda32

Hi,

A kilo of mince should be enough, I'm sure. Once you've cooked the mince, and I assume you then mix in the red lasgne sauce (I've never used this so don't know) then the passata.

This is where I'd add the peas and carrots, carrots very thinly sliced.

You can measure the pasta sheets out before you start by just laying them in the dish, you need three layers.
Pasta, sauce, mince, pasta, sauce, mince, pasta, sauce, at this point it looks an horrendous mess, but don't worry it works, somehow!!!

HTH

Shalva

you should to able to make a big lasagne with 1/2 kilo of mince and then use the rest for something else or another one for the freezer........

I use cottage cheese instead of white sauce..much easier and less faffing around........

start out layers with a ladle of sauce to stop pasta sticking and then no need to grease the dish......

i do: thin layer of sauce
lasagne sheets
mince mix-[mixed with a little sauce]
cottage cheese
lasagne
mince [mixed with a little sauce]
cottage
lasagne
lots of sauce
grated cheese

cook covered with foil for an hour and 15 mins...........yum

HannahIOW

Thanks for the replies so far

The mince is frozen in a block, if I wanted to make this tonight how would I defrost it?

Plan to freeze the extra lasagne for another dinner and also freeze any extra bol sauce that is left.

Oh and we have a fan assisted oven that I am so not used to yet any ideas what temp I should cook it on, and roughly how long? I have a temperature probe if that helps lol

Pink_Giraffe

When I make bolognese sauce and the mince is frozen I usually just bung the block into a pan on lowish heat and kind of scrape the defrosted layers off the block as they soften IYSWIM, I'm sure there are many reasons why I shouldn't do this but it works for me!

Your lasagne sheets should have the temp and time on the pack, if memory serves I think the ones I use are something like gas mark 7 for 35 - 40 mins, but I don't know for a fan oven!

HTH

JulieGeorgiana

Next time you try making a lasagne, try this one >> The best ever tasting lasagne recipe in the world ever <<

I always double the cheese sauce though

I made this as a novice and everyone talks about what a great cook I am, and when can they next have my lasagne (at the time I hardly cooked and was very surprised!)

Try it, it's easy. And much cheaper then jars.

I do recommend fresh lasagne sheets though... they keep their textures much better... nom nom nom!

Enjoy x

Sweet_Pea_2

Made lasagne for the first time yesterday, I used mushroom soup instead of white sauce and it was delish.

Westywoodpecker

JulieGeorgiana wrote: »

Next time you try making a lasagne, try this one >> The best ever tasting lasagne recipe in the world ever <<

I always double the cheese sauce though

That looks good, thanks

mum_of_lewis

Hi there,

Im a terrible cook but would like to surprise my partner with a lasagne! Does anyone have an idiots recipe that i could follow?

Many Thanks
Janette xx

Pink.

Hi mum of lewis,

I just use a basic bolognaise sauce to make lasagne:

minced beef
onion
mushrooms (frozen)
mixed peppers (frozen)
tin of value chopped tomatoes
garlic
mixed herbs and/or basil
black pepper
stock cube
glug of white wine
tomato puree (optional)

Dry fry the mince, add the chopped onion and mushrooms and fry for a few minutes longer. Add the herbs garlic and pepper, mixed peppers and tomatoes stock cube and wine. Leave to simmer on the hob until it's quite thick.

Then make a white/bechamel sauce: White sauce (for lasagne) Qs and recipes

I put some liquid from the bolognese sauce in the bottom of the dish. Lay the sheets of lasagne to cover the dish, then spoon some of the bolognese sauce over the sheets. Next spoon the white sauce over that. Keep on layering in the same way until the dish is almost full and finish with a layer of white sauce and top with grated cheese. Cook in the oven at 180 degrees for about an hour.

This thread has more ideas that should help:

Lasagne recipe?

I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the recipes together.

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