Lasagne

This is super tasty and combines the best of the recipes that I’ve discovered while taking into account the recipe is for babies and young children.

Prep time: 45 mins, cooking time: 40-45 minutes  (allow 2 hours in total to make this)

Feeds: 6 adult servings, a bunch of baby servings so plenty to go in the freezer

The Bolognese ingredients

• 1kg lean Mince Beef
• 90g of bacon lardons
• 2 small-medium sized onions
• 2 carrots
• 2 sticks of celery
• 1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
• 2 x 400g Tin of tomatoes
• Several fresh tomatoes (optional)
• 400g Tin of Butterbeans (optional but all babies I know, love them!)
• 1 tbsp of oats (optional, this makes it go further)
• 1 Bay leaf, sprinkling of Oregano, basil and pepper to taste.
• 2 cups of milk
• 200g Tomato purée

If you want to only make 500g, just cut veg down by half too.

Bolognese method

• Chop vegetables into chunks then blast the food processor
• Heat oil in pan, cook veg on low along with the finely chopped garlic.
• Move veg to edge of pan and cook the bacon lardons
• If you have a small pan, remove veg and bacon and add beef, cook on low
• Stir in 100g of tomato puree, keep stirring for 1 minute so thoroughly mixed in (add veg in again if necessary)*
• Add in herbs, 1 cup of milk and the tin of tomatoes and butter beans
• Cook on low on the hob for a further 30-40 minutes until it starts to look creamy. Stir occasionally and if the sauce can take it, add the remaining milk.

*if your baby isn’t keen on the mincemeat texture, at this point, puree the mince and veg at this stage. Then add the butter beans.

Cheese sauce ingredients

• 500ml milk
• 50g plain flour
• Tbs of cream cheese (optional)
• 30g grated cheese
• A little nutmeg

 Cheese sauce method

• To make sauce: add flour and milk to pan, cook on a low heat, stir very frequently and as it gets warmer, try to stir constantly to ensure it doesn’t go lumpy.
• Add cheese (leave a little to sprinkle on the top), cook on low for a few more minutes.

Layering up

• Add a couple of spoons of the Bolognese
• Add the sheets of pasta
• Couple of spoons of cheese sauce
• Repeat until dish full, finish with a layer of pasta and cheese sauce over the top
• Sprinkle with cheese and a little nutmeg
• Bake in oven for 40 minutes until golden.

Weaning: Babies can eat this from 6 months old, but will probably find it quite hard to feed themselves. You can swap the sheets of pasta for big twirly pasta and mix.



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