first contribution - lasagna

[pammo]

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Pammo's Super Lasagna:
Feeds 6 very hungry ones:
Ingredients:
100g Parmesan Cheese
1 quantity of tomato mince sauce (see A below)
500g fresh mushrooms, wiped & sliced thickly
2 or 3 sprigs of fresh thyme, ground pepper
2 Tablespoons liquid stock or water & a stock cube
1 large bunch of English spinach, washed well & roughly chopped
1 quantity of Bechamel sauce (see B below)
2 x 250g packets of large lasagne sheets (or you can go the whole hog and make your own fresh pasta sheets!)
100g grated mozzarella

A:  Tomato mince sauce ingredients
1/2 onion & 1 clove garlic, peeled
30g olive oil
500g lean mince
1 Tablespoon TM stock or 2 stock cubes
400g can of crushed tomatoes (or equivalent fresh if in season)
100g red wine
splash of balsamic vinegar
1/4 teaspoon each of ground cinnamon, cloves & cayenne pepper

B: Bechamel sauce ingredients
1000g Milk
100g plain flour
60g butter
1/2 to 1 teaspoon salt
pinch of nutmeg

Preparation:
Heat oven to 160 ^oC
1. Grate parmesan in TM bowl, 20 seconds, speed 9 and set aside
2. Make tomato mince sauce in TM - see below
3. Meanwhile, fry sliced mushrooms in a splash of olive oil in a frying pan until slightly cooked, then add thyme leaves and season with cracked pepper.  Remove & set aside
4. Place washed & chopped spinach leaves into pan with a tablespoon or two of water & stock cube, or stock until wilted.  Set aside.
5. Make Bechamel sauce (use double the recipe from TM31 "Everyday cooking") see below
6. Assemble lasagne by placing tomato mince sauce in the bottom of a large lasagne dish (deepish ceramic baking dish).  Top with one layer of lasagne sheets. Spread mushrooms over lasagne sheets and top with another layer of sheets.  Place the wilted spinach over this layer of lasagne sheets, and top with another layer of sheets.  Spread the bechamel sauce on top, then sprinkle with the parmesan cheese and the grated mozzarella.
7.  Place in oven and cook for 1 hour.

Instructions for mince sauce
* chop garlic & onion in TM bowl 5 seconds speed 5
* add oil and saute 3 minutes 100^o C speed 1
* add mince, tomatoes, stock, wine, vinegar & spices and cook 10 minutes 100^o C on reverse, speed 1 or soft.

Instructions for Bechamel sauce
* place all ingredients into TM bowl and cook 10 minutes at 90^o C on speed 4.

Photos:
Sorry, this stunning looking lasgna was gobbled by salivating family & friends before I could get the camera out!  Maybe next time!

Tips/Hints:
This may look a bit complicated, but it's actually easy (thanks to TM31) and is soooo worth it, according to my appreciative audience.  The layers are beautifully separated, and the flavours combine superbly.  Serve with a simple green salad.

members' comments

jworth - Great lasagna!! Finally a recipe that I can make without it going all sloppy, the family just loved it! Thanks for posting the recipe.

[brazen20au]

yum!

last night i used the tmx to make a vegie version with pumpkin, ricotta and zucchini. yum

[Thermomixer]

Great work Pammo !!! 

I love mushrooms and spinach in lasagne.  There is an italian recipe for a vego version almost identical to this that I believe come from the Veneto region, and may be in Stefano de Pieri and Loretta Sartori's "Gondola on the Murray" series 2.  Guess I should arise from my derriere and make it/post it.   

As you say, it might look complicated, but with the TMX - just to make the Bechamel - a breeze!!

Fantastico!  Viva la Bimby!!   

[jworth]

 Great lasagna!! Finally a recipe that I can make without it going all sloppy, the family just loved it! Thanks for posting the recipe. 

jworth

[JulieO]

Sounds nice Pammo, a must try for me.