Nonna Elena's Lasagne

A community recipe by Twinks

Not tested or verified by Nigella.com

Introduction

this recipe was taught to me by my friends italian grandmother. It's not the quickest of dishes to prepare, but its really worth the effort.

Ingredients

Serves: 4-6

Metric Cups

For the Lasagne

200 grams fresh lasagna
50 grams streaky bacon (chopped)
100 grams onions (finely chopped)
200 grams minced beef
50 grams tomato puree
375 millilitres beef stock (or demi glace)
1 clove garlic (finely chopped)
salt
pepper
½ teaspoon marjoram
100 grams mushrooms
500 millilitres milk (for bechamel sauce)
100 grams Parmesan cheese (or Cheddar cheese)
oregano (fresh or dried, for topping)

For the Roux

50 grams butter
50 grams plain flour

For the Lasagne

7 ounces fresh lasagna
1¾ ounces bacon (chopped)
3½ ounces onions (finely chopped)
7 ounces ground beef
1¾ ounces tomato puree
13 fluid ounces beef broth (or demi glace)
1 clove garlic (finely chopped)
salt
pepper
½ teaspoon marjoram
3½ ounces mushrooms
18 fluid ounces milk (for bechamel sauce)
3½ ounces Parmesan cheese (or Cheddar cheese)
oregano (fresh or dried, for topping)

For the Roux

1¾ ounces butter
1¾ ounces all-purpose flour

Method

Nonna Elena's Lasagne is a community recipe submitted by Twinks and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

Preheat oven to 200degreesC

For the White sauce

Place a bay leaf over half an onion and hold in place with cloves

Leave to sit in the milk

Heat the milk

Ladle the milk over the roux slowly and beat into a sauce

For the roux

Melt the butter

Add in the flour and cook through

For the Bolognese

Brown off the mince, no oil required

Add the chopped streaky bacon

Add in the garlic and chopped onion and 50 g of tomato puree Add salt, oregano and a few tablespoons of water Add concentrated beef stock/red wine Add the chopped mushrooms

To finish Layer pasta white sauce Bolognese according to order below and place on metal try and put in oven for 20 mins. If making ahead may need longer in oven,

Ensure its piping hot before serving.

Layers Cheese and oregano (Top) White sauce Pasta Bolognese White sauce Pasta Bolognese White sauce Pasta (bottom)