Meat Lasagne | Easy way to make Meat Lasagne
Onepot baked pasta dish where wide and flat cooked pasta sheets are layered with meat and white sauce and then baked to perfection. It is served on its own as a dinner or a party dish.
Servings 6
Ingredients
- 10 lasagne sheets pre-cooked
- 200 gms mutton mince chicken or beef
- 1 medium onion finely chopped
- 2 medium tomatoes finely chopped
- 2 tablespoon of chopped garlic
- 1 tablespoon tomato puree
- 1 teaspoon red chili powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- 1 teaspoon black pepper powder
- 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- ½ cup grated cheddar cheese optional
- 4 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup green spring onion and for garnish
- ¾ teaspoon salt
For white sauce: (makes 2 cups)
- 2 tablespoon butter
- 2 tablespoon plain flour
- 2 cups warm milk
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper powder
- Extra milk if needed
- ¾ teaspoon salt or more
Other Ingredients:
- 2 cups grated mozzarella cheese
- 3 tablespoon butter
- 2 teaspoon red chili flakes
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
Instructions
To cook pasta sheets
- In case you are not using pre-cooked sheets, heat water along with salt in a large vessel till it boils. Add the lasagne sheets to boiling water and cook for 5 minutes or till it is cooked ‘al dante’. Drain the pasta sheets and pour some oil over each boiled pasta sheet so that they do not stick to each other and set aside.
- For pre-cooked pasta sheets, simply follow the instructions mentioned on the package.
For the Mutton Mince sauce:
- Heat a saucepan and add 2 tbsp chopped garlic. Pour 4 tbsp of olive oil over the garlic and fry till it just turns color. Then add chopped onion and fry till it is transparent. Add tomato and fry till soft. Now add the mince and cook on high flame for 1 minute. Add 1 tbsp black pepper powder, 1 tsp red chili powder, 1 tsp cumin powder,1 tsp sugar,1 tbsp light soy sauce, 1 tbsp tomato puree, and salt.
- Fry all for 2 minutes on medium heat till it looks like a sauce. Add a half cup of water. Reduce the heat to low and cook for 10 minutes or until the mince is fully cooked. Finally, add spring onion and cook for 1 more minute. The sauce should not be too dry. Add some pasta water if needed.
For White Sauce:
- Heat butter in a saucepan and fry plain flour for a few seconds. Slowly add warm milk and keep stirring to avoid forming lumps. As you keep cooking and stirring on low flame, the sauce thickens. Add some more milk if the sauce gets too thick. Season with salt and black pepper powder.
- Remove from heat and set aside.
For baking lasagne:
- Preheat the oven to 250 degrees C for 15 minutes.
- Take a baking dish and make a layer of 3 to 4 tbsp of mutton mince sauce. Cover it with a single or double layer of pasta sheets. Spread a ladle full of white sauce over the sheets. Repeat steps 2, 3, and 4. Make as many layers as you desire. The top layer should be a good amount of white sauce topped with 2 or 3 handfuls of grated mozzarella cheese, 2 tsp of chili flakes, 1 tsp dried oregano, and butter.
- Bake the lasagne for 15 to 20 minutes or till the cheese melts and turns golden.
- Serve hot.
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Notes
Note: The baking dish which I used is 22 cm by 16 cm. Do not make too many layers in a small dish, as the lasagne will become too watery. Always use a large shallow dish.