Lamb Ragu Lasagna
- serving for 4
- 2+5 hours
- oven, pan, oven proof dish
For Lamb Ragu
Ingredient
lamb shoulder 1 kg
smoked bacon lardons 150 g
salt & pepper
Vegetables & Herbs
onions 2 pc
carrots 2 pc
celery 2 sticks
garlic 4 cloves
fresh rosemary 1 sprig
bay leaves 2 pc
Sauce & Seasoning
red wine 0.5 bottle
lamb stock 200 ml
chopped tomatoes 1 tin
tomato passata 300 ml
Worcester sauce 1 tbsp
salt & pepper
For Bechamel
Roux Sauce
salted butter 25 g
plain flour 25 g
warm whole milk 400 ml
Cheese & Seasoning
Dijon mustard 1 tsp
bay leaf 1 pc
grated cheddar cheese 100 g
grated parmesan cheese 25 g
salt & white pepper
For Assemble
Ingredient
lasagna pasta sheets
ragu
bechamel sauce
grated wensleydale cheese 150 g
grated parmersan cheese 25 g
fresh basil leaves 1 handful
Directions
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Preheat oven to 150c
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Finely dice onion, carrot, celery and garlic
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Heat a large oven proof dish with a splash of olive oil
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Season and brown the lamb shoulder then set aside
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Render bacon then add vegetables and herbs to color
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Deglaze the pan with wine then add lamb, stock, worcester sauce, tomatoes, passata and season
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Cover and cook in an oven for 5 hours
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Remove all bones from the shoulder and pull the meat with two forks
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Simmer ragu sauce until thick
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Heat butter and flour for 3 mins
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Add warm milk ladle a time constantly stirring until smooth
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Stir in mustard and bay cook on low heat until cooked out flour taste
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Stir in cheese and ready to use
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Layer up the components with Wensleydale in the middle
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Bake at 180c for 40 mins and garnish with basil leaves
Principles
- Browning beef: flavor and color
- Cook flour: cook out raw flour taste
- Adding liquid to roux with temperature difference : avoid lumping
- Adding liquid to roux little by little: avoid lumping
Notes
- 1 pound=16 ounces=453 g ; 1 tablespoon=15 g ; 1 teaspoon=5 g
- Ragu: a meat-based slow-cooked sauce served with pasta
- Lasagna: a wide, flat sheet of pasta
- Bechamel: white sauce made from roux and milk
- Roux: mixture of usually equal part of flour and fat cooked together to thicken sauce
- Roux stage: white, blond, brown, dark brown
credit to chefthombateman