Recipes

Method

• Pre-heat the oven to 180°C / 350°F / Gas Mark 4.
• Chop the onions, pepper, mushrooms and garlic.
• Take a look at our top tips on cooking with mince, then put the mince into a large pan and fry until completely brown, stirring all the time with a wooden spoon.
• Drain off any excess fat before adding onions and garlic to mince and cook for 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add the chopped peppers, mushrooms, tin of tomatoes and tomato sauce to the mince mixture.
• Bring to the boil and leave to simmer on a low heat for 15 to 20 minutes.

To make cheese sauce:

• Melt the low-fat spread in a saucepan.
• Add flour and cook over a low heat for 1 minute, stirring all the time.
• Remove from the heat and cool slightly.
• Add the milk, salt and pepper, whisking all the time.
• Return to the heat and bring to the boil. Keep whisking.
• Reduce heat and cook slowly for 5 minutes, then add the grated cheese 2 minutes before the end of the cooking time.

Final Preparation:

• Put a layer of meat sauce in the bottom of a casserole/lasagne dish, cover with easi-cook lasagne sheets.
• Make 1 or 2 more layers as above finishing with a layer of lasagne sheets. Cover the top layer with the cheese sauce.
• Sprinkle the top with grated cheese and bake for 30 to 40 minutes.