INGREDIENTS FOR LASAGNE RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/gas 4. Generously grease a baking dish with butter.
• For the lentil ragù, cover the lentils with cold water and bring to the boil. Crumble in the vegetable stock cube and cook for 15-20 minutes, or until the lentils are tender, then drain. Add a little more water if the mixture looks dry.
• Heat the garlic infused olive oil and butter in a lidded frying pan over a medium heat. Add the onion, garlic, mushrooms and leek and fry for about five minutes, or until softened.
• Stir in the cooked lentils and simmer gently for five minutes, then stir in the tomatoes. Cover with a lid and simmer on a low heat for 10-15 minutes. Season, to taste, with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• Meanwhile, for the cheese sauce, melt the butter in a medium saucepan over a medium-high heat then mix in the flour and stir until bubbling. Gradually add the milk and cream, whisking constantly, until the mixture is smooth.
• Simmer gently, stirring constantly, until the sauce starts to thicken, then stir in the cheese and season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper and remove from heat.
• To assemble the lasagne, spread a quarter of the lentil ragù over the base of the greased baking dish, cover this with a quarter of the cheese sauce, then arrange a third of the lasagne sheets over the top. Repeat, finishing with a layer of cheese sauce. Sprinkle over the parmesan cheese and bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes, or until bubbling and golden-brown.
• Serve with a green salad.

Steps:

• Cook the lasagne in boiling salted water until tender. (A little oil added to the water will prevent the sheets of pasta from sticking together.)
• Meanwhile, heat the oil in a saucepan and fry the onion until softened.
• Add the mushrooms and fry for a further 3 minutes.
• Stir in the spices, bay leaves, salt and pepper, then mix in the chicken (shredded or chopped).
• Dissolve the cornflour in the milk and add to the pan. Cook, stirring, until thickened.
• Drain the lasagne and spread out on paper towels
• Make alternate layers of lasagne and the chicken mixture in a baking dish.
• Combine the yogurt and cheese and spread over the top.
• Bake in a preheated moderately hot oven 200C (400F) Gas mark 6 for 30 minutes or until the top is golden brown.