Mushroom ragu lasagne recipe

Mushroom ragu lasagne

This vegetarian lasagne gets its depth of flavour from a red wine stock pot used to slow-cook mushrooms, onions, tomatoes and garlic in a tasty sauce. Everything is layered into a lasagne with a creamy white sauce and cheese then cooked until bubbling and golden.

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  • Serves 6
  • 45 mins to prepare and 50 mins to cook
  • 649 calories / serving

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp olive oil​
  • 2 onions, diced​
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed​
  • 485g pack chestnut mushrooms, chopped into 2cm pieces​
  • 625g closed-cup mushrooms, chopped into 2cm pieces​
  • 1 red wine stock pot
  • 2 x 400g tins chopped tomatoes​
  • 1 tbsp Tesco reduced-salt soy sauce​
  • 15g fresh thyme​
  • 340g lasagne sheets (18 sheets)​
  • 200g grated vegetarian hard cheese (use up what you have)​

For the white sauce

  • 50g flour
  • 50g butter​
  • 850ml milk​
  • ¼ tsp grated nutmeg (optional)​

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Each serving contains

Energy
2715kJ 649.0kcal
32%
Fat
30g
high43%
Saturates
15g
high73%
Salt
1.8g
low30%
Sugars
18g
low20%

of the Reference intake

Carbohydrate 63.7gProtein 27.9gFibre 5.8g

Method

  1. Heat the olive oil in a saucepan large enough to hold the mushrooms. Fry the onions for 5 mins until softened. Stir in the garlic and cook for another 2 mins.
  2. Add the mushrooms and cook over a high heat for 8-10 mins until they are soft and reduced in volume.
  3. Add the stock pot along with 350ml boiling water, chopped tomatoes, soy sauce and thyme.
  4. Bring to a simmer, then cover and cook for 30 mins, leaving the lid slightly ajar so that the mixture can thicken.
  5. For the white sauce: in a medium-sized saucepan, heat the flour and butter over a medium heat until sizzling. Whisk in the milk gradually and bring to a simmer, whisking to prevent lumps forming. Cook for 2 mins, then remove from the heat and stir in the nutmeg, if using, and season well.
  6. Heat the oven to gas 4, 180˚C, fan 160˚C. Using a 30 x 20 x 7cm baking dish, spoon over a few tablespoons of the mushroom sauce to scarcely cover the base, and top with a layer of lasagne sheets, trying not to overlap. (We used 6 sheets per layer in this sized dish.)
  7. Spoon over half of the remaining mushroom sauce, topped with one-third of the white sauce. Repeat the layering with the remaining mushroom sauce, another third of the white sauce and cheese, then a layer of pasta. Top with the remaining white sauce and finish with the final third of cheese.
  8. Place the lasagne in the oven to bake for 45-55 mins until bubbling and cooked through. Remove from the oven and allow to stand for 10 mins before serving.

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