Name: Lasagne with pork and fennel
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 85 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 30 ml fresh chillies 573; 2 onion chopped; 125 ml fennel fresh bulb, chopped; 3 cloves garlic cloves, crushed; 250 g bacon chopped; 500 g pork mince; 1 can plum tomatoes; 10 ml fennel seeds; 5 ml dried sage; 100 ml fresh Italian parsley chopped; 5 ml lemon zest only; 1 pasta lasagne sheets; 100 g butter; 125 ml flour cake; 1 l milk; 10 ml Dijon mustard; 125 ml cheddar cheese grated

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Ingredients (17)

30 ml	fresh chillies — 573
2	onion — chopped
125 ml	fennel — fresh bulb, chopped
3 cloves	garlic — cloves, crushed
250 g	bacon — chopped
500 g	pork mince
1 can	plum tomatoes
10 ml	fennel — seeds
5 ml	dried sage
100 ml	fresh Italian parsley — chopped
5 ml	lemon — zest only
1	pasta — lasagne sheets

Cheese sauce:

100 g	butter
125 ml	flour — cake
1 l	milk
10 ml	Dijon mustard
125 ml	cheddar cheese — grated

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Method:

Preheat oven to 180°C.

Heat the oil and sauté the onion and fennel for a few minutes until they soften. Add the garlic and cook for a minute. Add the bacon and pork mince. Cook over a medium-high heat, stirring continuously until the mixture begins to brown. Break up the mince pieces while you stir.

Add the tomatoes, fennel seeds and sage. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the parsley and lemon zest. Set aside.

Cheese sauce While the meat is cooking prepare the cheese sauce. Heat the butter in a saucepan until melted. Add the flour and stir over the heat for a minute. Remove from the heat. Add the milk gradually, stirring all the time to prevent lumps. Return to the heat and stir until thickened. Remove from the heat, stir in the mustard and half of the cheese. Season to taste.

Spread a thin layer of pork filling over the bottom of a greased ovenproof dish. Top with a layer of lasagne sheets. Top with a layer of the cheese sauce. Top with lasagne sheets and repeat the layers, ending with cheese sauce. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake in a preheated oven for 40 minutes or until

Text and image source: Ideas magazine

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