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A Traditional Lasagne Recipe from Italy Posted by Throw out the lasagne ready meal and treat the whole family to a gorgeous, traditional lasagne recipe, direct from Italy! Monday 30th June 2025

Throw out the lasagne ready meal and treat the whole family to a gorgeous, traditional lasagne recipe, direct from Italy! This is a fairly slow-cook recipe and takes a little over three hours to create, but it's well worth the wait, promise. Your traditional lasagne should provide at least six servings and is perfect for a Saturday night in front of the TV with a big chunk of garlic bread. What you’ll need ----------------------- 750g of lean steak mince 4 rashers of chopped smoked bacon 1 onion and 1 carrot finely chopped 2 finely chopped cloves of garlic 400ml of passata A glass of red wine 50g butter 50g plain flower 600ml of whole milk Parmesan Enough lasagne sheets to cover your dish three times Olive oil Salt & pepper How to cook it -------------- * To begin, add a large glug of olive oil to a pan and fry the onion until soft, then add the carrot and bacon and cook for a further 5 minutes. * Add the mince and cook until browned. * Pour in the wine and passata and season with a touch of salt and pepper. Cover the pan and simmer for an hour or until the mixture is quite dry. * Whilst your mixture is cooking, add some salted water to a pan and bring to the boil. Carefully blanch the pasta sheets, a few at a time, for 1 minute. Separate the sheets and allow to dry on some greaseproof paper. * Now, to make your béchamel sauce, add the butter to a pan and gently whisk in the flour. Continue to stir and cook the sauce on a gentle heat for around 2 minutes. Then gradually add the milk whilst continuing to stir, bring to the boil and simmer for about 5 minutes or until the sauce is nice and thick. * To create your masterpiece, add a third of the tomato and beef mixture to the bottom of a deep baking tray. Top with a layer of pasta and add some béchamel sauce and parmesan shavings. Repeat this two times, ensuring you save plenty of béchamel sauce and parmesan for the top layer! * Pop your lasagne into a pre-heated oven at 200C and cook for about 30 to 40 minutes, you are just waiting for the lasagne to turn golden before removing. * Allow to rest for a few minutes and then tuck in! Try something different ----------------------- If you are looking to mix things up a little, why not try adding some BBQ chicken instead of beef? All you need to do is marinate your chicken in a tangy BBQ sauce and then add to your tomato sauce in place of the minced beef. Image courtesy of flickr user david55king"
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