Ingredients
- 2 onions
- 100g sundried tomatoes + 2 tbsp oil from the jar
- 3 carrots
- 3 celery sticks
- 1 spring fresh rosemary
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme
- 4 garlic cloves
- 700g chestnut mushrooms
- 300ml red wine
- 1 tbsp tomato puree
- 1 tbsp red miso paste
- 1 tsp balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- 2 x400g tins chopped plum tomatoes
- 800ml water
- 500g lasagne sheets - I soak mine in boiling water to soften
Bechamel ingredients
- 70g butter
- 50g plain flour
- 500ml milk - room temp
- 150g cheese - grated
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
Oven preheated to 180 degrees
- Finely chop onions or blitz in food processor
- Saute onions with the sundried tomato oil for 5-6 mins
- Mince the carrots and celery in food processor till finely chopped, or chop by hand
- Add grated garlic to the pan then add carrot, celery, rosemary and thyme leaves. Reduce the heat and cook for 12-15 mins stirring occasionally
- Slice the sundried tomatoes and pulse the mushrooms, or finely chop by hand (the mushrooms will be better if you can pulse in food processor)
- Add mushrooms and sundried tomatoes to the pan, increase heat slightly and cook for 8-10 mins
- Pour in the wine, increase heat a bit more, and stir constantly for 5-6 mins
- Add tomato puree, miso, balsamic vin, oregano and soy sauce. Stir for 1 minute then add chopped tomatoes and water
- Lower heat and simmer for 30 mins. Taste and season
- Meanwhile make the bechamel. Put a nonstick pan over a medium heat and add butter
- Once melted, whisk in flour till it becomes a clumpy mixture but all butter is absorbed
- Gradually add the milk slowly - only a small amount at a time - and continue to whisk constantly. You want to incorporate all the milk into the flour/butter paste before you add the next bit of milk - so it should be thick everytime you add the next bit of milk. This will take a while!
- Once all the milk has gone add in your cheese, and season with nutmeg pepper and salt. Taste to make sure it tastes cheesy enough!
- Layer the lasagne - tomato sauce on first, then bechamel, then lasagne sheets. Make sure there's no gaps in the sheets. Finish with a layer of bechamel and some more grated cheese if you like!
- Cook with foil on for 50 mins, then uncover and bake for 10 more mins
- Leave to settle after it's cooked for about 10-15mins before serving.


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