I first made this Minced Beef Lasagna With White Sauce 10 to 12 years back. I was new to cooking back then. It took a lot of time but came out good every single time. I improved the lasagna recipe with my husband’s criticism. He is my biggest critique and claims that I’m good at cooking because of him. Without his criticism, I wouldn’t have been able to do all the good things that I make now. Which I think is true to some extent. I have made this recipe ample times, and I hope it turns out well for you too.
Savoury Minced Beef Lasagna With White Sauce
This minced beef lasagna with white sauce is a new way to enjoy your favorite lasagna. Check out the easy recipe here.
Ingredients
Minced Beef Ingredients
¼ cup cooking oil
1 pound lasagna sheets - boiled with salt- 2 tablespoons ginger garlic paste
½ teaspoon rosemary - dried
½ teaspoon oregano - dried
3 medium tomatoes - sliced- 250 grams hot salsa - optional
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon chili powder (chilli powder in British English)
1 teaspoon cumin seeds - roasted and powdered
1 teaspoon coriander seeds - roasted and powdered
1 kilogram ground beef (minced beef)
2 ½ tablespoons soy sauce
2 ½ tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
3 sprigs green onions - thinly sliced
1 medium green pepper (green capsicum) - sliced
250 grams Mozzarella cheese - shredded
250 grams cheddar cheese - shredded
White Sauce Instructions
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour- 1 dash salt
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
2 cups milk
1 cup cooking cream
Instructions
Minced Beef Instructions
- Take 1/4 cup of oil and add in it ginger and garlic paste. Fry for 30 seconds and add ground beef, fry for 2 minutes.
- Add rosemary and oregano and fry it for 5 minutes. Add tomatoes or tomato puree, salt, red chillies, cumin seeds and coriander seeds (crushed and powdered).
- Give it a good stir and cover it with its lid. Keep it on high heat for 10 minutes. Lower the heat and leave it on the stove for about 20 minutes with the lid.
- Check the mincemeat. It must have been cooked by now. At this stage, add hot salsa sauce, soy sauce, and Worcestershire sauce and cook it for about 5 minutes. Now add sliced green onions and capsicum to it. Fry it for about 5 minutes, and your minced beef is ready.
- For lasagna sheets, it’s your own choice to boil them or use pre-cooked sheets. I boil them for a few minutes; no pre-cooking is required, even if it’s written on it. It makes the sheets softer, and the people in my home like it better this way. Add salt and 2 tablespoons of oil in boiling water and then put the sheets in it. You’ll have to check the sheets when they are cooking. Otherwise, they’ll stick to each other.
White Sauce Instructions
- Melt butter in a pan. Add flour to it and fry it till it changes its colour to light brown.
- Add salt and pepper to it. Mix it well, and then add hot milk to it little by little. Keep stirring it till it gets thick and creamy when there are no lumps in the sauce. Remove it from the stove and add cream to it and mix well. Your white sauce is ready.
Assembly Instructions
- Now take a dish. Use a teaspoon of oil to grease the dish. Place the lasagna sheets in the first layer to cover the bottom of the dish. Make the second layer using the cooked mincemeat. Put 2 Tbsp of white sauce over it and sprinkle shredded cheddar cheese. Repeat all of the above steps till your dish is full. The last layer at the top should be lasagna. Pour all of the remaining white sauce to cover the whole lasagna sheet. Decorate it with bell peppers, green capsicums, shredded mozzarella, olives, dried oregano and mixed Italian herbs.
- Bake it in the oven for 35 to 40 minutes at 180 degrees in grill mode till the top layer is golden brown.
Nutrition
Calories: 1226kcalCarbohydrates: 75gProtein: 70gFat: 71gSaturated Fat: 34gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 24gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 246mgSodium: 1923mgPotassium: 1333mgFiber: 5gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 2465IUVitamin C: 28mgCalcium: 828mgIron: 7mg
How did this recipe turn out for you?We’re eager to hear your thoughts!
