Spicy Pork Lasagne
main meal
Time3 hr
Yield6 portions
Energy413 kcal
Components0
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
- Prep:
- Mash the anchovy
- Finely chop the chillies and soak them in a bowl with the stock
- Dry-roast the fennel seeds and lightly crush
- Meat Sauce
- Heat the oil over medium
- Brown the pork:
- Add the pork. Cook for 10-12 minutes, mostly untouched, until properly browned.
- Remove from the pan
- Same pan; cook the onion 6-8 minutes until softened
- Add the anchovy, stir until dissolved
- Add the mushrooms and salt, cook until they release water then begin to brown - 8-10 minutes.
- Add the garlic, cook 1 minute
- Return the pork, adding the fennel seeds and chilli flakes
- Add the tomato paste, salt, msg, pepper; cook 2-3 minutes until it darkens.
- Add the wine, reduce by half - 2-3 minutes.
- Add the chopped tomatoes and chilli stock, bring to a simmer. Simmer uncovered on medium-low for 45-60 minutes.
- *** SIMMER 45-60 MINUTES ***
- Add the milk and basil, simmer 5-10 minutes more until it is at the desired thickness.
- Remove from heat
- *** REST 15 MINUTES ***
- Cheese Sauce
- Melt the butter
- Add the flour, stir 1 minute
- 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
- Add the salt and nutmeg, stir in.
- Remove from heat
- Add the cheeses
- Assembly
- As follows:
- 1/4 of the meat sauce in the base of the dish
- 3 times:
- Lasagne layer
- 1/4 Sauce
- 1/3 cheese sauce
- Cover with foil
- Bake for 30 minutes at 200C
- Remove foil and bake for 20 minutes more.
- As follows:
Nutrition details
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| Nutrition | Per portion | Batch total |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 413 | 2479 |
| Protein | 31.4 | 188.2 |
| Carbohydrates | 30.4 | 182.3 |
| Total Sugars | 10.8 | 64.6 |
| Free Sugars | 1.1 | 6.4 |
| Fat | 17.8 | 106.9 |
| Saturated Fat | 9.1 | 54.3 |
| Fibre | 2.4 | 14.3 |
| Alcohol | 0.2 | 1.3 |
| Salt | 1.3 | 7.8 |
| Iron | 2.42 | 14.5 |
| Calcium | 317 | 1900 |
| Vitamin B12 | 2.07 | 12.4 |
| Omega 3 | 37.7 | 226 |
| Magnesium | 39.4 | 236 |
| Potassium | 772 | 4630 |
| Caffeine | 0 | 0 |
| Cost | £1.63 | £9.77 |