Lasagna "with A Bit Of A Bite!"

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 650 g beef, minced
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 large onion, small dice
• 125 g button mushrooms
• 125 g smoked bacon, diced
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 teaspoon dried italian herb seasoning
• 1/8 teaspoon dried chili pepper flakes
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 400 g canned tomatoes, chopped
• 2 tablespoons tomato puree
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 -2 beef bouillon cube
• 75 g mozzarella cheese, fine grate
• 75 g parmesan cheese, fine grate
• 9 sheets lasagna noodles
• 60 g butter
• 1/3 cup flour
• 2 cups milk
• 100 g cheddar cheese, grated

Recipe

• 1 for the meat sauce.
• 2 peel and chop the onions and mushrooms.
• 3 slightly blend the tomatoes with the juice. set to one side.
• 4 place the oil in a medium size saucepan, heat and add the onion, garlic, bacon and mushrooms stirring for 4-5 minutes.
• 5 add the meat and stir with a fork until it looses its pinkness.
• 6 season and add the oregano, italian herbs, chili and 1 tablespoon tomato puree, stock cubes and the blended tomatoes.
• 7 simmer for 45 minutes or slightly longer until it thickens; set aside to cool.
• 8 for the white sauce.
• 9 melt the butter in a saucepan but don't let it heat up, mix the flour with some of the milk, carefully to avoid any lumps, add to the saucepan, with the remaining milk.
• 10 season and stir constantly on low heat until it thickens, stir in the grated cheese.
• 11 mix remaining tomato puree, with a little water, to make a thinner paste and spread over the bottom of a lasagna dish.
• 12 cover with 3 sheets of lasagna pasta.
• 13 divide the meat sauce into 2 portions, spreading over the pasta, over with a third of the white sauce, place another three sheets of pasta over, and repeat the process.
• 14 add remaining pasta on the top, spread the remaining third of the white sauce over the top and sprinkle on the mozzarella and parmesan cheese.
• 15 bake in the oven on 180°c for approximately 45 minutes.
• 16 serve with salads.