Quick and easy lasagne: Pasta dinner for the whole family

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There’s a reason everybody loves pasta. The meaty filling and toothy pasta just makes you feel happy with every bite. Lasagne is often overlooked because it can be quite process to make but you don’t have to. Our quick and easy lasagne recipe is all about putting things together and popping it into the oven. It’s a perfect meal for those busy weekdays but you still want to feed your hungry family.

Quick and easy lasagne tips

You can brown your beef mince first but as it’s a quick recipe, you don’t really layer the ingredients which can take time. Make sure your meat sauceisn’t too watery so that your pasta texture is better. You can use any cheese in the recipe and even add some parmasan into your bechamel sauce. You’ll know that your white sauce is ready when it’s thick and streaky when you whisk it.

Family dinner should be simple, especially after a long day. Our quick and easy lasagne recipe is Italian cooking at its very best.

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Quick and easy lasagne recipe

0 from 0 votes Recipe by Gary Dunn Course: MainCuisine: ItalianDifficulty: Easy Servings

4-6

servingsPrep time

15

minutesCooking time

1

hour 

10

minutesTotal time

1

hour 

25

minutes

Ingredients

• For the Bolognese sauce

500 can beef mince

1 onion, chopped

8 can can tomatoes

3 level teaspoons tomato puree

¼ level teaspoon mixed herbs

1 heaped teaspoon sugar

• For the cheese sauce:

30 g butter

30 g flour

350 ml milk

½ tsp made mustard

¼ tsp nutmeg

170 g Gruvere cheese, grated

225 g lasagne sheets

1 tbsp olive oil

Method

• Put mince in a pan with tomatoes and juice, tomato puree, herbs, sugar and, if liked, 2 cloves chopped garlic, salt and pepper to taste. Bring to boiling point, simmer for 30 minutes then put on one side.
• Melt butter in a pan, blend in flour, then milk and bring to boil, stirring constantly. Simmer for 3 minutes until thick. Stir in cheese, mustard, nutmeg, seasoning. When cheese has melted remove pan from heat.
• Bring a large pan of salted water to boiling point. Put in lasagne a piece at a time, add oil and simmer for about 12 minutes or until lasagne is tender. Rinse with cold water and drain on a clean tea towel.
• Layer Iasagne, cheese sauce and bolognese sauce in a shallow, ovenproof casserole, finishing with a layer of cheese sauce.
• Sprinkle with remain­ing cheese. Bake in a moderate oven for 40 minutes at 180°C until top is golden.

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