Lasagna

Hi everyone. I'm sorry for my recent MIA. Basically I baked some real awesome fantastic tasting AND looking chocolate chip cookies for my new friends in uni and kept some at home to take pictures when i get back from camp. Unfortunately, my cat liked my cookies a lot too and ate them all.

Pardon the poor quality picture. This is the beef lasagna that i baked, and shared with Clarence a long time ago. He always insists that my lasagna is the best thing i can ever make. I really wanted to share it with everyone but this is what happened..

After preparing my lasagna and was ready to bake it, my oven crashed. So i microwaved it instead for some time. Subsequently when i whipped out my camera to take some pictures, my camera spoilt too.

Nonetheless, here's the recipe! it's really good. I use pre-made bolognese sauce from Prego and just add chop onions and minced beef to make a great bolognese sauce. I recommend using italian seasoning and parsley too because it really adds to the flavour (: I also found that using mozarella or cheddar slices to layer on the lasagna really saves a lot of trouble and it tastes even better 3/4 of the time!

Step 1: You will need
200 g pre-cooked lasagne sheets 70 g grated parmesan 1 recipe for Bolognese sauce (from Videojug) 380 ml milk 45 g butter 3 tbsp flour 1 pinch nutmeg salt and pepper 1 baking dish 2 saucepans 2 spoons 1 wooden spoon 1 whisk 1 tea towel 1 tray 1 bowl	Serves: 4 to 6 Preparation Time: 40 minutes Cooking Time: 40 minutes

1. Step 2: Prepare the lasagne

   Preheat the oven to 200ºC, that's 400ºF or gas mark 6. Put the sheets of pasta into a large bowl and cover them with warm water. Make sure they're all submerged. Leave them to soak for 5 to 10 minutes.

2. Step 3: Warm the milk

   To begin making the béchamel sauce, pour the milk into a small saucepan and let it heat until warm, not boiling.

3. Step 4: Make the béchamel sauce

   Place the other saucepan over a medium heat and add the butter. When it has melted, add the flour and mix well until smooth. Just before it starts to turn brown, slowly add the milk. Using the whisk, stir continuously until the sauce begins to thicken.

4. When thick, season with salt and pepper and a pinch of nutmeg. Then give it one further whisk and remove from the heat.

5. Step 5: Dry the lasagne

   Remove the lasagne sheets one by one from the water and place them onto a tea towel. Then turn them over to pat them dry on both sides. You may need to do this in batches to finish drying all of the lasagne.

6. Step 6: Make the lasagne

   Start by layering lasagne sheets on the bottom of the baking dish. Next, cover with half of the Bolognese. Then spoon over some béchamel sauce, and finally, sprinkle with parmesan cheese.

7. Now repeat the process: the lasagne, followed by the rest of the Bolognese, then the béchamel sauce and finally the parmesan cheese giving it a generous topping.

8. Step 7: Cook the lasagne

   Place the baking dish in the centre of the oven. Cook for about 20 minutes.

9. Step 8: Serve

   When the parmesan has turned golden brown, remove the lasagne from the oven and allow it to sit for at least 15 minutes before serving. Lasagne is delicious served alone or it can be accompanied by a freshly made green salad.