Recipe

Spicy Pork Lasagne

main meal

Time3 hr
Yield6 portions
Energy413 kcal
Components0
Contents

Ingredients

  • chilli soak
  • 2single, 20gchilli, reddiced
  • 2single, 5gchilli, green fingerdiced
  • 250stock, chicken, low salt (ml (prepared/500ml))≈ 0.5 cube stock, chicken, low salt
  • Meat Sauce
  • 5mloil, olive, regular
  • brown the meat then remove
  • 500gpork, mince 5%
  • 1wholeonion≈ 150 g oniondiced
  • 1peranchovymashed
  • 200gmushroomsliced
  • 0.125tspsalt
  • 2clovegarlicchopped
  • add back the pork
  • 0.75tspherb, fennel seedstoasted
  • 0.25tspspice, chilli flakes
  • 50gtomato paste
  • 0.25tspsalt
  • 0.25tspmonosodium glutamate
  • 1tspspice, pepper
  • 40mlalcohol, wine, red (for cooking off)≈ 39.1 g alcohol, wine, red (for cooking off)
  • add the chilli stock
  • 400gchopped tomatoes
  • 0.125tspsalt
  • after 60 minutes
  • 60gmilk, skimmed
  • 10perherb, basil, leaf≈ 7 g herb, basil, leaf
  • Cheese Sauce
  • 40gbutter
  • 40gflour, white
  • 450mlmilk, skimmed≈ 450 g milk, skimmed
  • 0.0625tspsalt
  • 0.125tspspice, nutmeg
  • 50gcheese, cheddargrated
  • 20gcheese, parmesangrated
  • topping
  • 35gcheese, parmesangrated
  • assembly
  • 150gpasta, lasagne sheet, fresh

Instructions

Process

  1. Prep:
    1. Mash the anchovy
    2. Finely chop the chillies and soak them in a bowl with the stock
    3. Dry-roast the fennel seeds and lightly crush
  2. Meat Sauce
    1. Heat the oil over medium
    2. Brown the pork:
      1. Add the pork. Cook for 10-12 minutes, mostly untouched, until properly browned.
      2. Remove from the pan
    3. Same pan; cook the onion 6-8 minutes until softened
    4. Add the anchovy, stir until dissolved
    5. Add the mushrooms and salt, cook until they release water then begin to brown - 8-10 minutes.
    6. Add the garlic, cook 1 minute
    7. Return the pork, adding the fennel seeds and chilli flakes
    8. Add the tomato paste, salt, msg, pepper; cook 2-3 minutes until it darkens.
    9. Add the wine, reduce by half - 2-3 minutes.
    10. Add the chopped tomatoes and chilli stock, bring to a simmer. Simmer uncovered on medium-low for 45-60 minutes.
    11. *** SIMMER 45-60 MINUTES ***
    12. Add the milk and basil, simmer 5-10 minutes more until it is at the desired thickness.
    13. Remove from heat
    14. *** REST 15 MINUTES ***
  3. Cheese Sauce
    1. Melt the butter
    2. Add the flour, stir 1 minute
    3. Gradually add the milk while whisking until all has been added and it starts to thicken so that it coats the back of a spoon
    4. Add the salt and nutmeg, stir in.
    5. Remove from heat
    6. Add the cheeses
  4. Assembly
    1. As follows:
      1. 1/4 of the meat sauce in the base of the dish
      2. 3 times:
        1. Lasagne layer
        2. 1/4 Sauce
        3. 1/3 cheese sauce
    2. Cover with foil
    3. Bake for 30 minutes at 200C
    4. Remove foil and bake for 20 minutes more.

Nutrition details

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NutritionPer portionBatch total
Calories4132479
Protein31.4188.2
Carbohydrates30.4182.3
Total Sugars10.864.6
Free Sugars1.16.4
Fat17.8106.9
Saturated Fat9.154.3
Fibre2.414.3
Alcohol0.21.3
Salt1.37.8
Iron2.4214.5
Calcium3171900
Vitamin B122.0712.4
Omega 337.7226
Magnesium39.4236
Potassium7724630
Caffeine00
Cost£1.63£9.77