Easiest-ever lasagne

This one-pan lasagne dish utilises mozzarella to save you making a white sauce

By The Good Housekeeping Cookery TeamUpdated: 13 June 2022

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This is a super easy lasagne recipe. A classic lasagne can be time consuming but the shortcut here is to use mozzarella instead of making a white sauce from scratch, meaning there's only 20mins prep time involved.

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Yields:

4 - 4

Prep Time:

20 mins

Cook Time:

30 mins

Total Time:

50 mins

Cal/Serv:

532

Ingredients

1 Tbsp.
olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
400 g
(14oz) lean beef mince
150 g
(5oz) dried lasagne sheets, roughly broken into small pieces
400g tin chopped tomatoes
350g (12oz) tomato and basil pasta sauce – we used Seeds of Change
5g (1oz) finely grated Parmesan
150g (5oz) mini mozzarella balls, or 1 large ball, roughly torn

Directions

1. Step 1
  Heat oil in a large, ovenproof frying pan over low heat and fry onion until softened, about 10min. Turn up heat and add mince, fry until browned, about 5min.
2. Step 2
  Stir in lasagne pieces, chopped tomatoes, tomato sauce and 200ml (7fl oz) water. Cover and allow to simmer for 15min, until pasta is cooked through. Remove lid, stir through Parmesan and top with mozzarella
3. Step 3
  Preheat grill. Transfer pan to grill and cook for 5min, until the cheese is melted and golden. Serve immediately.

White sauce cheat

Using mozzarella balls and grilling to melt them means you don’t have to make a white sauce to get the creamy, cheesy taste.

Per Serving:

Calories: 532
Fibre: 3 g
Total carbs: 38 g
Sugars: 11 g
Total fat: 24 g
Saturated fat: 11 g
Protein: 39 g

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