Saturday, September 15, 2007

Lasagna (beef)



Ingredients


1 can corned beef
1 Onion (finely chopped)
3 cloves garlic (finely chopped)
1 red bell pepper (diced)
1 carrot (diced)
1 stalk celery (diced)
1 sundried tomato (sliced into strips)
2 cans tomato paste
4 tbsp of chilli and garlic sauce
10 mushrooms (sliced)
basil
salt/pepper

5tbsp butter
1/4 cup flour
2 cups milk
2 cups heavy cream

Lasagna Noodles
Parmesan Cheese
Mozarella Cheese


Preparation

1. To Make the Vegetables: Add the onion and garlic in 2 tbsp of olive oil and soften them. Add the celery, carrot and pepper and keep for 10 mins.
Add in the sundried tomatoes and beef and cook for 5 mins.
Add in the canned tomato paste, mushrooms, chili garlic sauce and bring to boil and let simmer for 15 mins until majority of liquid is gone while stirring occasionaly. Finish by adding basil.

2. To make the sauce:
melt the butter and whisk in the flour to make a roux
Cook the roux for a few minutes until it starts to smell. Add some salt and pour the milk in slowling whisking constantly.
Cook of the flour in the sauce and finish it with one cup of cream. Reduce to 3/4 and then add the remainder of the cream.
Squeeze 1/2 a lemon in it.

3.Making the lasagna:
Cook the noodles and spread a layer of 3 in a greased pan.
Spread a layer of sauce over the noodles and spread a layer of vegetable filling on top of the sauce. Then grate cheese on top.
Repeat this steps 2 or 3 times.

While serving top with fresh pepper parmesan cheese.

Requested by: blackdeth