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Week Three – Lasagna Cups

10th Jul 2013

Another exciting week of kitchen skills and tasty treats with Claudz and Simply Delicious.
Week Three – Lasagna Cups

Ingredients:
  • 12 lasagna sheets, cooked until just softened
  • 500g lean beef mince
  • 1 large onion, finely chopped
  • 2 carrots, finely chopped
  • 2 celery stalks, finely chopped
  • 2tsp crushed garlic
  • 6 tomatoes, finely chopped (1 can chopped tomatoes/2tbs tomat paste)
  • 1/2 cup beef stock
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1tsp thyme
  • 2tsp sugar
  • salt and pepper to taste
Meat sauce ingredients

  • 1 cup creme fraiche
  • 1/2 cup mascarpone
  • juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 1 cup pecorino, finely grated
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • grated mozzarella, for topping
Cheese sauce ingredients


Method:
  • In a large pot, fry the mince until nicely browned. Remove from the pot and set aside. 
Frying the mince

  • In the same pot, fry the onion, carrots, celery and garlic until soft and translucent.
Frying the veg,  I did this first

  • Add the mince back to the pot along with the tomatoes, beef stock, bay, thyme and sugar.
  • Allow to simmer for 15-20 minutes, covered.
  • Pre-heat the oven to 180′. Grease and line (with  baking paper) a 6 hole jumbo muffin tray.
  • Combine all the “white sauce” ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
Cheese sauce

  • Adjust the seasoning of the meat sauce.
  • To make the lasagna cups, press the lasagna sheets into the prepared muffin tray.
Lasagna lining the tray

  • Place a few spoonfuls of meat sauce into the lasagna cup, followed by a bit of white sauce. 
  • Top with grated mozzarella and place in the pre-heated oven
Cooking up a storm

  • Bake for 15-20 minutes until the cheese is golden and bubbling and the exposed pasta has gone crispy.
  • Serve with salad and crusty bread.
Ready to eat

Served with a side salad

Tasty lasagna cups

The final verdict on this meal:
Took quite a bit of preparation
But so tasty when all done
Nice small portion sizes and not too much pasta like a normal lasagna 
Fed a very hungry hubs
x

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  1. Claudz says

    10th Jul 2013 at 8:21 am

    They look delicious. I think I may make these more often than regular lasagne.
    Well done!

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  2. Roxann Message says

    10th Jul 2013 at 9:34 am

    yummy!!! definitely a winner

    Reply
  3. Bailey Schneider says

    10th Jul 2013 at 10:07 am

    THIS LOOKS DELICIOUS!!!!
    Much love, Bailey from Vanilla Blonde

    Reply
  4. Megan says

    10th Jul 2013 at 11:32 am

    That looks crazy yummy!

    Reply
  5. Laura at Simply Lowcountry says

    10th Jul 2013 at 2:14 pm

    I've been wanting to make lasagna cups since I saw them on Pinterest! Lasagna IS a lot of work though, and I can only imagine that the cups are even more challenging.

    xo-Laura

    http://www.simplylowcountry.com

    Reply
  6. Megan says

    11th Jul 2013 at 7:59 pm

    These look SO yummy!!

    Reply

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