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Recipe for "Beef / Chicken Lasagna"


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used pre - cook lasagna sheet to get best result

Ingredients

Ingredients:
Instant Lasagna Sheets 250g /packet
Freshly Grated Mozzarella Cheese ½ cup
Freshly Grated Cheddar Cheese ½ cup
Thickened Or Pouring Cream ½ cup
Freshly Grated Parmesan Cheese ¼ cup
Ingredients – Cheese Sauce:
Butter Or Margarine 60g
Plain Flour 1/3 cup
Milk 2 cups
Freshly Grated Cheddar Cheese 1 cup
Salt And Pepper To taste
Ingredients – Meat Sauce:
Onion, Finely Chopped 1 large
Oil 1 tbsp
Garlic, Crushed 1 clove
Beef Mince 500g
Cans Tomatoes 2 x 425g
Ground Oregano ½ tsp
Ground Basil ½ tsp
Salt And Pepper To taste

Instructions

1

Preheat oven to 180°C.

2

Brush a shallow ovenproof dish with melted butter or oil, line with lasagna sheets – breaking them to fill any gaps. Set aside.

3

To make cheese sauce, melt butter in a medium pan. Add flour and sit for one minute. Remove from heat.

4

Gradually add milk, stirring until mixture is smooth. Return to heat.

5

Cook, stirring constantly, over medium heat until sauce boils and thickens. Reduce heat, simmer for three minutes.

6

Remove from heat, add cheese, salt and pepper. Stir well until combined and set aside.

7

To make meat sauce, heat oil in a large pan. Add onion and garlic and stir over low heat until onion is tender.

8

Add mince. Brown well – breaking up with a fork as it cooks. Stir in undrained, crushed tomatoes, oregano, basil, salt and pepper.

9

Bring to boil. Reduce heat, simmer 20 minutes.

10

Spoon one-third of the meat sauce over lasagna sheets. Top with one-third of the cheese sauce. Arrange a layer of lasagna sheets on top.

11

Continue layering, finishing with lasagna sheets. Sprinkle with combined mozzarella and cheddar cheese.

12

Sprinkle with parmesan.
Bake for 35-40 minutes or until bubbling and golden.