Larry's Kitchen
🍳 Simple Lasagne
🦁 Why Larry Likes This One
Larry loves all the layers stacked up like a tower!
Serves
4
Prep
20 min
Cook
45 min
Level
⭐⭐⭐ Kitchen Adventure
⚠️ Allergen Information
🌾Gluten (Cereals)🥛Milk🥚Eggs
Always check ingredient labels every time you cook. Ingredients can change. If your child has a diagnosed food allergy, follow their healthcare team's advice.
🥕 Ingredients
- •500 g minced beef
- •1 onion
- •2 cloves garlic
- •2 tins tinned tomatoes
- •9 sheets lasagne sheets
- •40 g butter
- •40 g plain flour
- •500 ml milk
- •100 g cheddar cheese
- •50 g parmesan
🔧 Equipment
saucepanovenproof dishwhiskgrater
📝 Method
🔥 Oven/Cooking temperature: 200°C / Gas 6
- 1Adult: preheat the oven to 200°C / Gas 6.
- 2Adult: brown the mince with chopped onion and garlic.
- 3Add the tomatoes and simmer for 20 minutes.
- 4Adult: make white sauce: melt butter, stir in flour, add milk, whisk until thick.
- 5Grate the cheeses.
- 6Put a layer of meat sauce in the dish.
- 7Add a layer of lasagne sheets.
- 8Add a layer of white sauce.
- 9Repeat the layers.
- 10Top with cheese.
- 11Adult: bake for 25 minutes until golden and bubbling.
🦁 My Jobs
- ✓ Layer the lasagne
- ✓ Grate cheese
- ✓ Sprinkle cheese on top
👨👩👧 Grown-Up Jobs
- ⚠️ Use the oven and hob
- ⚠️ Handle raw mince — wash hands
- ⚠️ Make hot white sauce
- ⚠️ Handle hot dish
⚠️ Food Safety
- • Cook mince until no pink remains
- • Wash hands after handling raw meat
- • Lasagne will be very hot inside — let it stand 10 minutes before cutting
🧩 Try It Your Way
Try a veggie version with roasted vegetables or lentils.
