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Step-by-step beef lasagne
This healthy lasagne contains half the fat and calories of regular lasagne - but still tastes fabulous. Tuck in!
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Prep time: 10 mins
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Cooking time: 1 hr 10 mins
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Total time: 1 hr 20 mins
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Serves: 6
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Skill level: Bit of effort
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Costs: Cheap as chips
Ingredients
Use our step-by-step pictures recipe to make this beef lasagne
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 celery stalks, finely chopped
- 1 carrot, finely chopped
- 2 x 400g (14oz) tins chopped tomatoes
- 2tbsp tomato purée
- 300ml (½ pint) hot beef stock
- 500g (1lb 2oz) lean beef mince
- 60g (2¼ oz) low-fat spread
- 60g (2¼ oz) plain flour
- 700ml (1¼ pint) semi-skimmed milk
- ½ tsp grated nutmeg
- 250g (9oz) lasagne sheets (fresh lasagne from the chiller cabinet are best)
Method
- Place the onion, garlic, celery and carrot in a pan with the tomatoes, tomato purée and hot beef stock. Season well, cover and cook over a medium heat for 10 mins.
- Dry-fry the mince in a pan until brown, drain off any excess fat and add to the tomato mixture.
- Melt the low-fat spread in a pan, add the flour and cook for a couple of mins, then gradually add the milk until you have a thick sauce. Season with the nutmeg and set aside.
- In an oven-proof dish, layer the meat sauce with the lasagne sheets and white sauce, finishing with a layer of white sauce. Cook in the oven at 180°C (350°F, gas mark 4) for 20-30 mins, covering with foil if it gets too brown.
Wine match: For a dish with lots of tomato sauce, a Zinfandel is perfect. The jammy fruits in Gallo Family Vineyards Turning Leaf Zinfandel or GFV Zinfandel make either a perfect accompaniment to this traditional dish.
Food and wine matching by Sylvain Removille, wine ambassador for Gallo Family Vineyards.
Nutritional information per portion
- Calories 433(kcal)
- Fat 17.0g
- Saturates 6.0g
- Sugars 13.0g
- Salt 0.9g
This nutritional information is only a guide and is based on 2,000 calories per day. For more information on eating a healthy diet, please visit the Food Standards Agency website.
Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.
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ami green, posted 4 weeks ago
made this lasagna yesterday..i dont cook much am trying to learn and spent about 2 hours getting it done..think my amounts were slightly off and my white sauce just wouldnt thicken,but it actually was quite nice,and will definately be trying it again!
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Sophie Costello, posted 4 months ago
I just made this lasagne today for my family, I got good comms all round like "best homemade lasagne I've ever tasted" and as for me, I think their statements were quite true, Ive freezed my leftovers and I'm sure I'll be making this again in the near future ... it was YUM! ... just a tip tho, BUY MORE LASAGNE SHEETS INCASE YOU COME UP SHORT ... like i did :-D
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a, posted 1 year ago
hw long does this take to prepare and cook? it ays 45 minutes..but 45 minutes to do what?
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alice, posted 1 year ago
hi thanks for the recipe am gonna try it out this weekend and then hopefully will use it for my Yr10 coursework. Wish me luck!!! thanks!!!
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Kim, posted 2 years ago
I have read all of your comments and seen that their are great comments about the lasagne so i have took the recipe and am using the recipe as my year 10 coursework. So hope it all goes well. Many Thanks Kim x
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grant, posted 2 years ago
this is a very good recipe im using at school and i hope it goes well!!!
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Josh, posted 2 years ago
Thank you so much for your lasagne recipe, i am cooking in my first lesson at school with a pro chef in catering to try and get through to the young chef's chalange 200. you have really helped. Thanks Josh
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Heather Johnson, posted 2 years ago
This is gr8 recepe it and tastes excatly likr the one ive had in my local restarant!!! im gonna tell all my friends. Thx. Heather
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Linda, posted 2 years ago
Thanks for this recipie!!!!!!!!!!! My mum always made it wen I was little girl but never thougt I'd make one for my family!!!!!!!!!!!! But this was easy! Linda x
