Cheesy Bechamel Lasagne

Normally when we have pasta, I have to have two pots on the boil. Gluten free pasta has a long way to come before i accept it as edible! Lasagna however, is doable. Smother with enough sauce and cheese and you won't even be able to tell the difference.

For this, I use the bolognese sauce I posted earlier. I buy gluten free San Remo lasagna sheets and using my lasagna dish, which is 35cm x 20cm.

Ingredients:

2 packs San Remo lasagna sheets

1 portion of bolognese sauce (see earlier post)

Bechamel Sauce

90g butter

4 Tbs gluten free flour

1 Ltr milk

Garlic clove crushed

1 bay leaf

500g grated mozzarella cheese

salt and pepper to taste

Method (Bechamel) :

Melt butter in a pot and add the flour. Make sure to cook it off t this point, about 3-4 minutes. (See picture below). Meanwhile in another pot, bring the milk and other ingredients to a simmer. Remove the garlic and bay leaf and slowly add the warm milk to the paste in the other pot until the milk is incorporated and the mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon.

Take off the heat and stir in 400g of the cheese. Salt and pepper to taste and put aside ready for use to layer in the lasagna.

Get your dish ready by putting 2 Tbs olive oil and spreading across the bottom. Then spread 2 Tbs bolognese sauce (Not to much at this stage, this is just to prevent the bottom from sticking). Lay the lasagna sheets (no need to cook these before, just put them down dry). Top with 1/4 of the bolognese, then 1/4 of the bechamel sauce and 1/4 of the remaining mozzarella.

Repeat 3 more times until all the sauces are used and the dish is filled. The last layer should be bechamel and cheese. At this stage you can also add a little grated parmesan to the last layer. Cover with foil and put n a preheated 180C fan forced oven and bake covered, for 60 minutes. After an hour, take the cover off and cook for another 10 minutes until the top goes golden.

Tip

If you don't cook off the flour at the start, there's no going back for the sauce!

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