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Monday, 5 November 2007

Home-made Lasagne


Lasagna Recipe
Lasagna recipe preparation time: 18 - 22 minutes.
Lasagna recipe cooking time: 1 hour
Ingredients:
Serves 4
425 Grams of finely minced Lamb
150 Grams of mozzarella cheese
4 Cloves of garlic finely chopped
Approximately ten sheets of Lasagna
(let the size of the dish be your guide)
2 small carrot chopped
6 rashers of bacon cut into small pieces
2 onion chopped
1.5 table spoons olive oil
Salt and black pepper (a teaspoon full of each)
500ml of peeled plum tomatoes
A small quantity of fresh oregano
Cooking instructions:

1. Finely chop the onions and carrot then crush the garlic.
2. Add the olive oil to a low heated pan with the onion and carrot allow them to sweat in the pan for till golden brown.
3. Add the crushed garlic, stir evenly for a minute before adding the lamb or Beef mince and then brown off the meat.
4. Once the meat is brown add the chopped plum tomato, stir evenly add the salt and black pepper. Leave to simmer for around 25 minutes stirring occasionally.
5. Cook the lasagna sheets in boiling water until drain and lay the lasagna sheets out individually on a clean towel.
6. Add the fresh oregano and stir.
7. Add a thin layer of volute to the bottom of the oven proof dish, then a layer of the grated or sliced mozzarella, then a layer of Lasagna. Continue this layering 2 or three times, bearing in mind the top layer must always be cheese, or volute.
8. Cover the dish with clingfilm, place in a microwave for 1minute then 180°C place it in oven
for 10 minutes .
9. Cut in to small pieces serve hot. garnish with cherry tomato and basil
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