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
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| 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
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| Cheese sauce ingredients |
Method:
- In a large pot, fry the mince until nicely browned. Remove from the pot and set aside.
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| Frying the mince |
- In the same pot, fry the onion, carrots, celery and garlic until soft and translucent.
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| 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.
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| Cheese sauce |
- Adjust the seasoning of the meat sauce.
- To make the lasagna cups, press the lasagna sheets into the prepared muffin tray.
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| 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
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| 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.
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| Ready to eat |
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| Served with a side salad |
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| 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
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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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