Slow cooker lasagne
The ultimate slow cooker lasagne—rich, cheesy, and comforting—plus an easy homemade garlic bread recipe to complete the meal.
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Servings: 5
Calories: 574kcal
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion diced
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 500 g 1lb beef mince
- 700 g 1 bottle passata
- 2 teaspoon basil pesto
- About ¼ cup of water
- Salt
- Pepper
- 250 g cottage cheese
- 1 free-range egg
- 1 ½ cups of a combination of grated cheddar parmesan, mozzarella and or ricotta
- A handful of spinach leaves
- Dried lasagne sheets I used 7
Instructions
- In a large frying pan, heat the olive oil and add the onion and garlic and saute, stirring, until softened.
- Add the mince and cook, breaking up any lumps, just until browned.
- Add the passata and then pour a little bit of water into the bottle and shake it up to clean it then tip that in the pan too.
- Stir through the pesto and some salt and pepper and then set aside.
- In a separate bowl, combine the cottage cheese, egg and grated cheeses.
- Spread ⅓ of the meat sauce onto the bottom of the slow cooker pan and then add a layer of spinach.
- Cover with dried pasta sheets (you may need to break them a little) then spread with ⅓ of the meat again.
- Dollop half the cheese mixture over the top of the meat and then cover with more pasta sheets.
- Finish with the rest of the meat sauce and then the rest of the cheese.
- Cook on high for 2 hours and then low for 1 hour or 5 hours on low.
Nutrition
Calories: 574kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 41g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 16g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 146mg | Sodium: 518mg | Potassium: 1009mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 1212IU | Vitamin C: 17mg | Calcium: 339mg | Iron: 5mg
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