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simple-baked-lasagne

Photo by: David Loftus

Lasagne is always best when made with fresh sheets of pasta, and these are now available in packets in all good supermarkets. Dried lasagne is fine as well, but it will need to be simmered gently to soften it before using. I haven’t used a béchamel sauce because it takes too long – I’ve used a crème fraîche mixture that does a great job. A mixture of beef and pork is really tasty – it’s just a brilliant sauce which can also be used for making spaghetti bolognaise, stuffing cannelloni, and mixing with sautéed mushrooms and pappardelle.

Yield : Serves 6

Ingredients

  • 4 rashers pancetta or smoked bacon, finely sliced
  • A pinch of cinnamon
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 1 carrot, finely chopped
  • 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely chopped
  • 2 handfuls of fresh herbs (sage, oregano, rosemary, thyme)
  • Olive oil
  • 400g/14oz shin of beef or stewing beef, minced coarsely
  • 200g/7oz pork belly, skin removed, minced
  • 2 x 400g/14oz tins of good-quality plum tomatoes
  • 2 glasses of red wine or water
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 butternut squash, halved, deseeded and roughly chopped
  • 1 tablespoon coriander seeds, bashed
  • 1 dried red chilli, bashed
  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 400g/14oz fresh lasagne sheets
  • 400g/14oz mozzarella, torn up

For the white sauce:

  • 1 x 500ml/1 pint tub of creme fraiche
  • 3 anchovies, finely chopped
  • 2 handfuls of freshly grated Parmesan cheese
  • Optional: a little milk

Directions

Preheat the oven to 180ºC/350ºF/gas 4. In a large casserole-type pan slowly fry the pancetta and cinnamon until golden, then add the onion, carrot, garlic and herbs and about 4 tablespoons of olive oil. Mix together, then add the beef and pork. Cook for about 5 minutes, then add the tinned tomatoes and the wine or water. Add the bay leaves and bring to the boil. Then get some grease-proof paper, wet it and place it on top of the pan with a lid placed on top as well. Then place in the preheated oven for 2 hours or simmer on the hob over a gentle heat for around an hour and a half. Rub your butternut squash slices with olive oil, and sprinkle with salt, pepper and the bashed-up coriander seeds and chilli. Place on a baking tray and roast in the oven for the last 45 minutes of cooking the sauce. When the sauce is done, season to taste and put to one side. Mix together your crème fraîche, anchovies, and a handful of Parmesan, and season with salt and pepper. You may need to loosen the mixture with a little milk.

Turn the oven to 200ºC/400ºF/gas 6. To assemble the lasagne, rub an earthenware lasagne dish with olive oil, lay some sheets of lasagne over the bottom and drape them over the sides. Add a layer of meat, a little white sauce and a sprinkling of Parmesan. Break the butternut squash into pieces and use this as one layer, then repeat the layers, finishing with a layer of pasta covered in white sauce. Tear over the mozzarella and sprinkle with some extra Parmesan. Cook in the preheated oven for 30–35 minutes until golden.


© 2004 Jamie Oliver

Note from Cookstr's Editors

A wineglass full is equivalent to 5oz.

A handful is equivalent to ¼ cup.

 

Nutritional Information

Nutrients per serving

Nutritional information is based on using 2oz of Pancetta, 1/8 teaspoon of added salt per serving, water instead of wine, 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil to rub on the butternut squash and 1/2 tablespoon to rub on the dish.

1243 kcal
75 % daily value
66 % daily value
33 % daily value
1337 mg
139 mg
50 g
12 g
7 g
77 g
187 mg
1442 mg
35 g
83 g
39 % daily value

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