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Lasagna with beef mince and butternut squash

A proper delicious winter warmer comfort meal. Lashings of tomato sauce and beef mince layered with butternut squash lasagna sheets. This recipe is perfect for anyone following the Slimming World plan, Weight Watchers or a calorie deficit. 
Nutritional Information
Slimming World: Syn Free
Weight Watchers: Coming Soon
Calories: 404 Per Serving
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings 6

Equipment

  • Large lasagna dish

Ingredients

  • 500g Lean 5% fat beef mince
  • 5 tbsp Tomato Puree
  • 400g Chopped tomatoes
  • 500g Passata
  • 200ml Beef Stock
  • 1 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
  • 1 tsp Dried Mixed Herbs
  • 2 Garlic Cloves [Crushed]
  • 1 Small Carrot [Grated]
  • 1 Onion [Finely Diced]
  • 6 Mushrooms [Finely Sliced]
  • 1 Red Pepper [Diced]
  • 1 Green Pepper [Diced]
  • Butternut Squash Lasagna Sheets [Or slice a squash with a mandolin approx. 100g]
  • Salt & Pepper

Cheese Sauce

  • 500g Fat Free Natural Yoghurt
  • 200g Quark
  • 2 Eggs
  • 240g Reduced Fat Cheddar Cheese [Grated]
  • 1 tsp Colemans Mustard Powder
  • Pinch Salt

Instructions

  • Spritz a pan with a little bit of Frylight or similar. Bring to a medium heat.
  • Add Onion, garlic, carrot. red pepper and green pepper. Cook for a few minutes before adding the mushrooms.
  • Add the mince and cook until browned.
  • Pour in the stock and allow to simmer covered for 5 minutes.
  • Add chopped tomatoes, tomato puree, passata, mixed herbs and Worcestershire sauce. Season with salt and pepper.
  • Allow to simmer uncovered for 15 - 20 minutes stirring often. If most of the liquid has not drained off.. simmer until it has. [Meanwhile make the cheese sauce]
  • Preheat the oven 200c/180c Fan/Gas 6

Cheese Sauce

  • Beat the eggs in a bowl and add the yogurt bit by bit whisking as you go.
  • Add mustard powder and a pinch of salt and whisk further.
  • Fold in the quark and 80% of the grated cheese. Set aside

Layering the lasagna

  • Add a layer of the ragu into the lasagna dish.
  • Cover with a layer of butternut squash sheets.
  • Add another layer of ragu using all of it.
  • Top with the cheese sauce and the remaining grated cheese.
  • Place into the centre of an oven for 45 - 50 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through,