The recipe below will serve 6 people with some side salad or veggies (don’t forget that 1/3 of your plate needs to be Superfree on the Extra Easy plan).
Serves 6
2 syns per portion on Extra Easy
Ingredients:
- 500g extra lean minced beef
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 tins chopped tomatoes
- 200g mushrooms, sliced (optional)
- 2 tablespoons tomato puree
- 2 fat cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 beef stock cube
- dash of Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon mixed herbs
- salt and pepper
- Fry Light
- Approx 12 dried lasagne sheets – enough to cover your lasagne dish at least twice
For the topping:
200g quark
2 eggs, beaten
30g parmesan, finely grated (6 syns)
45g reduced fat mature cheddar, finely grated (6 syns)
Method:
- Heat a large saute pan and spray with Fry Light
- Add the mince, onion, mushrooms and garlic and stir-fry until the mince is browned
- Add the tomatoes, tomato puree, beef stock, worcester sauce, herbs, salt and pepper
- Simmer gently for 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 200°C
- Make the topping: mix the eggs, quark and parmesan together in a bowl with some salt and pepper
- Assemble the lasagne: place alternate layers of the meat sauce and lasagne sheets in an ovenproof dish
- Spread the quark topping over the top of the dish and sprinkle with the cheddar
- Bake in the oven for around 30 minutes until the top is golden
