Rosy Darling's Fantastic Lasagne Recipe

Prepare Meat Sauce

• Put the mince beef, onion and garlic in a large pan and fry over high heat until the meat darkens and keep breaking the meat up
• Add all remaining ingredients except the sugar
• Bring to boil and reduce to simmer
• Simmer until the meat is tender – minimum 45minutes to 1½ hours if possible
• The meat sauce can be used in a variety of  other ways e.g. Spaghetti Bolognese or on Jacket Potatoes - always delicious

Prepare Cheese Sauce

• Place milk, flour and butter in a pan and whisk
• Place pan on the heat and whisking bring to boil – swop to wooden spoon once the flour is evenly mixed in
• Simmer for 2 minutes and taste – if it tastes of flour keep cooking
• Remove from the heat and add in grated cheese and mustard if using – keeping a little cheese for the top

Assembling Lasagne

• Use a dish approx. 12” long and 7” wide and approx. 3” deep.
• Ladle in meat sauce enough to cover the bottom of the dish
• Cover with sheets of lasagne
• Ladle over more meat sauce
• Cover with lasagne sheets
• Ladle over the rest of the meat sauce and then use 2tblsp’s cheese sauce just dotted about
• Cover with lasagne sheets
• Top with cheese sauce taking right to edges of the dish
• Sprinkle with grated cheese
•  This can now be frozen for another day if required