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Rosy Darling's Fantastic Lasagne Recipe

Method
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
Preparation Time: mins
Cooking Time: 90 mins
Oven Temperature: 190°C or Gas 5
Ingredients:
Meat Sauce
1lb (500g) Intwood Farm Minced Beef
1 Large Onion, chopped or 80g frozen chopped
3 Cloves garlic, crushed
1 Tin Tomatoes preferably chopped
1 Jar Ragu Sauce
1 Beef Oxo, 100ml boiling water
1 Tablespoon Tomato Puree
1 Tablespoon (Heaped) Branston pickle
Salt and Pepper
¼ Teaspoon Sugar (to taste)
15 Sheets approx. Lasagne
Cheese Sauce
425ml (15Fl oz or ¾ pt) Milk (at least semi skimmed but not skimmed)
40g Plain Flour
40g Butter (preferably)
150g Strong Mature Cheddar
½ Tsp English Mustard (optional)