Lasagne recipe - Recipes - BBC Good Food

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Serves 8 Prep 1 hr Cook 3 hrs 10 mins plus milk infusing

Ingredients
3 tbsp olive oil 2 celery sticks, finely chopped 1 onion , finely chopped 1 carrot (about 100g/4oz) finely chopped 3 garlic cloves , crushed 140g pack cubetti di pancetta 500g pack beef mince (we used 10% fat) 500g pack pork mince or British veal mince 200ml milk 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes 2 bay leaves 1 rosemary sprig 2 thyme sprigs 2 tsp dried oregano 2 beef stock cubes 500ml red wine about 400g dried pasta sheets 50g Parmesan , finely grated FOR THE BECHAMEL SAUCE 1l milk 1 onion , thickly sliced 3 bay leaves 3 cloves 100g butter 100g plain flour good grating of nutmeg

Lasagne
1. First infuse the milk for the bchamel sauce. Put the milk, onion, bay and cloves into a large saucepan and bring very gently just up to the boil. Turn off the heat and set aside for 1 hr to infuse. 2. For the meat sauce, put the oil, celery, onion, carrot, garlic and pancetta in another large saucepan. Gently cook together until the veg are soft but not coloured. Tip in all the mince, the milk and tomatoes. Using a wooden spoon, stir together and break up and mash the lumps of mince against the sides of the pan. When the mince is mostly broken down, stir in all the herbs, the stock cubes and wine, and bring to a simmer. Cover and cook for 1 hr, stirring occasionally to stop the bottom catching. Uncover and gently simmer for another 30 mins-1 hr until the meat is tender and saucy. Taste and season. 3. To finish the bchamel, strain the milk through a fine sieve into one or two jugs. Melt the butter in the same pan then, using a wooden spoon, mix in the flour and cook for 2 mins. Stir in the strained milk, a little at a time - the mix will thicken at first to a doughy paste, but keep going, adding milk gradually to avoid lumps. When all the milk is in, bring to a gentle simmer, stirring constantly (if you have lumps, give it a quick whisk). Gently bubble for a few mins until thickened. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. 4. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Spread a spoonful of the meat sauce over the base of a roughly 3.5 litre baking dish. Cover with a single layer of pasta sheets, snapping them to fit if needed, then top with a quarter of the bchamel. Spoon over a third of the meat sauce and scatter over a little Parmesan. Repeat the layers - pasta, bchamel, meat and Parmesan two more times to use all the meat sauce. Add a final layer of

PER SERVING
794 kcalories, protein 48g, carbohydrate 63g, fat 38 g, saturated fat 17g, fibre 4g, sugar 16g, salt 2.74 g

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pasta, the last of the bchamel and remaining Parmesan. Sit the dish on a baking tray to catch spills and bake for 1 hr until bubbling, browned and crisp on top.

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Prepare ahead Assemble the lasagne completely, then cool. Wrap well in cling film and freeze for up to 3 months. Transfer to the fridge 48 hrs before you want to cook it to defrost, then bake as directed, checking after 1 hr in case it needs an extra 10-15 mins. (If you've frozen any leftovers, defrost in the fridge, then reheat in the microwave until piping hot).

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