Simple Baked Lasagna

When you can’t decide whether to use our delicious beef or pork, why not use both! We offer you both premium minced beef and pork to help you make the most delicious lasagna.

Serves: 10

Ingredients 

• 1 onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 carrot
• 4 slices of smoked bacon
• 2 handfuls of fresh herbs
• 1 pinch ground cinnamon
• Olive oil
• 400g minced stewing beef
• 200g minced pork belly (skin removed)
• 2 400g plum tomatoes
• 2 glasses of red wine
• 2 fresh bay leaves
• 1 butternut squash
• 1 tbsp coriander seeds
• 1 dried red chili
• 400g lasagne sheets
• 400g mozzarella cheese

Ingredients for white sauce

• 3 anchovy fillets
• 500ml creme fraiche
• 2 handfuls of grated parmesan cheese
• Milk

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees/gas 4. Peel and chop the onion, garlic, carrot, slice the bacon and pick the herbs.
2. Fry the bacon and cinnamon in a large pan over medium heat. When colour is golden, add the garlic, onion, carrot and herbs, 4 tbsp of oil and continue stirring. Add in beef and pork and cook for another 5 minutes. Then add tomatoes, wine and bay leaves and leave to boil.
3. Place on top of the pan a wet sheet of baking paper and close the lid. Then place in the oven for 2 hours until it is reduced.
4. Halve, deseed and chop the butternut squash and drizzle with oil. Crunch the coriander seeds and dried chili then sprinkle with salt and pepper.Place on baking tray and roast in the oven for the last 45 minutes of cooking the sauce.
5. For the white sauce, chop the anchovies, mix the creme fraiche and a handful of parmesan. Season with salt and pepper and if needed add in a little milk.
6. Turn the oven to 200 degrees/ gas 6. Assemble the lasagne, lay the sheets of lasagne, add a layer of meat, white sauce and a sprinkle of parmesan. Break the butternut squash and use as one layer. Repeat.
7. Sprinkle extra parmesan, bake for another 30 minutes and serve with salad.

The majority of the ingredients in this recipe are available in our store, please head in to see us and we would be glad to help you put this delicious meal together.