Simple baked lasagne
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 bolognese, stuffing cannelloni, mixing with sautéed mushrooms and pappardelle.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 21 of 25 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 21 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Beef | 100g cooked | 250 |
| Pork | 100g cooked | 242 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Parmesan Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 110 |
| Mozzarella Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 85 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Bacon | 1 slice cooked (8g) | 43 |
| Plum | 1 medium (66g) | 30 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Oregano | 1 tsp dried (1.8g) | 5 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Rosemary | 1 tsp dried (1.2g) | 4 |
| Thyme | 1 tsp dried (1.4g) | 4 |
| Sage | 1 tsp ground (0.7g) | 2 |
| Bay Leaf | 1 leaf (0.6g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Pumpkin | not in our table | 0 |
| Coriander | not in our table | 0 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 4 rashers higher-welfare pancetta or smoked bacon, finely sliced
- 1 pinch cinnamon
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 carrot, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped
- 2 handfuls fresh herbs (sage, oregano, rosemary, thyme)
- olive oil
- 400 g quality shin of beef or stewing beef, minced coarsely
- 200 g higher-welfare pork belly, skin removed, minced
- 2 x 400 g good-quality tinned plum tomatoes
- 2 glasses 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
- freshly ground black pepper
- 400 g fresh lasagne sheets
- 400 g mozzarella, torn up
- 500 ml crème fraîche
- 3 anchovies, finely chopped
- 2 handfuls Parmesan cheese, freshly grated
- a little milk, optional