AMAZING PORK & FENNEL ONE POT LASAGNA
Serves 8
Another AMAZING one-pot lasagna!!!
If you’ve ever made traditional lasagna before, it can take FOREVER!!!!
Using different pots, and layering with bolognese sauce, bechamel, and lasagna sheets is just too time-consuming.
This recipe saves so much time and still allows you to enjoy what tastes just as good as traditional lasagna. Perfect for the whole family.
It also freezes beautifully!!!!
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons extra Virgin olive oil
1 onion or shallot, finely chopped
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
500g pork mince
3 pork sausages, meat squished from casing (or instead just add 200g more mince)
1/2 fennel, finely chopped
1 zucchini, grated (optional)
2 tablespoons tomato paste
400g can crushed tomatoes
700g bottle passata
1 chicken stock cube
1 cup water
1 packet fresh lasagna sheets
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
250g ball fresh mozzarella cheese, cut into slices
Salt/Pepper
Basil (optional)
Method:
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
Heat the olive oil in an oven-proof safe dish on the stove. Add the onion and stir for 2-3 minutes, add the garlic and do the same. Add the mince and sausage mince and use a wooden spoon to break it up, until it’s in small pieces for approx. 5 minutes.
Add the fennel and zucchini and stir through. Add the tomato paste, tinned tomatoes, passata and chicken stock cube. Refill the passata bottle with about 1 cup of water, shake it and pour it into the sauce. Season well with pepper and salt. Let the sauce simmer for approx. 15 minutes to develop flavour.
Tear the fresh lasagna sheets in half and submerge them into the sauce, one at a time. Use a wooden spoon to gently push them to the bottom. Continue with the rest of the sheets, filling the empty spaces and covering them with the sauce. Top the lasagna with basil, shredded mozzarella and mozzarella slices.
Place the lid on the pan and bake for 20-25 minutes in the oven. Remove the lid and sprinkle over some more fresh basil. Serve.
Note - make sure you use a pot/pan that is about 28-30cm & that can fully be put into the oven (handle too)