Three Cheese Beef Lasagne
A super-hearty Italian pasta dish. Lasagne sheets are layered with beef in tomato sauce, white sauce and three cheeses. Enjoy with a crisp green salad.
Ingredients
Serves: 4
- For the Meat Sauce
- olive oil for frying
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1-2 cloves garlic, finely chopped or to taste
- 500g minced beef
- 2 (400g) tins whole plum peeled tomatoes
- 100g mushrooms, sliced
- 1 courgette, diced
- 1 carrot, grated
- 4 tablespoons red wine
- 1 teaspoon vegemite
- basil leaves to taste
- 1/2-1 chilli, finely chopped or to taste
- 1 teaspoon mixed Italian herbs or to taste
- For the White Sauce
- 30g butter
- 250ml milk
- 2 tablespoons plain flour
- To Assemble
- 55g mature Cheddar cheese, grated
- 55g mozzarella cheese, grated
- 55g Parmesan cheese, grated
- 250g fresh lasagne sheets
- sliced tomatoes
Method
Prep:15min ›
Cook:1hr ›
Ready in:1hr15min
- To make the meat sauce: Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Saute onions until translucent. Add garlic, stir for 1 minute, then add the beef. Cook until beef is browned.
- Add tomatoes, mushrooms, courgette, carrot, wine, vegemite, basil, chilli and herbs. Mix well and simmer over low heat for 30 minutes or until thick. If you want a smoother sauce, mash the mixture a little.
- To make the white sauce: Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add just enough flour to make a thick paste. Gradually add 125ml milk and stir continuously to create a smooth sauce.
- Stir over low heat until sauce thickens. Once it boils, it has reached its maximum thickness. Add extra milk to thin out if necessary.
- To assemble: Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Grease a medium size baking dish. Spoon a thin layer of meat sauce into the baking dish, sprinkle with cheeses. Top with a layer of white sauce and cover the lasagne sheets.
- Repeat the layers until all the sauces have been used up, finishing on lasagne sheets. Top with a few slices of tomato for presentation.
- Bake in preheated oven for 30-40 minutes. Serve with salad.
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Reviews & ratings
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Reviews in English (3)
when I made it I didn't add the Vegemite I thought it was too weird, and it was really good. - 01 May 2012 (Review from Allrecipes AU | NZ)
I enjoyed this Lasagna. The Preparation Method was easy to follow (I'm not a confident cook). I would have liked to have seen a photo of it though, so I could have seen what it was supposed to look like. :-) I did find it strange to end with a top layer of lasagna (mine all curled up after it had been in the oven for 5 minutes). LOL It was tasty though. Thank you. - 28 Sep 2009 (Review from Allrecipes AU | NZ)
Very easy recipe to follow. My husband and daughter really enjoyed this, but my son and I weren't as impressed. Lasagne is one of my favourite meals, so I hoped this would be awesome. I think I perhaps had high hopes from the title of this recipe, and it just didn't quite do it for me. The meat sauce was fine, if a tad bland, but I think if I make this again it will be with a different white sauce. - 21 Oct 2011 (Review from Allrecipes AU | NZ)