Crunchy Topped Lasagne
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 500g minced beef Safeway 1 lb For $5.99 thru 02/09
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 2 x 400g canned crushed tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 50g butter
- 2 tablespoons plain flour
- 1 1/4 cups milk
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 250g pack instant lasagne sheets
- 60g KRAFT* Grated Parmesan Cheese
- 60g RITZ* Crackers, crushed
- Heat oil in a large pan.
- Add beef and onion.
- Cook until meat is brown and onion is translucent.
- Add garlic, tomatoes and sugar, and simmer for 40 minutes, or until meat is tender.
- Season to taste.
- Melt the butter in another pan.
- Stir through the plain flour and cook for one minute without browning.
- Slowly add the milk and whisk until sauce is smooth.
- Add nutmeg, salt and pepper.
- Place a ladle of meat sauce onto the bottom of a lasagne dish.
- Place lasagne sheets in a single layer over the sauce.
- Top with layer of white sauce and meat sauce.
- Repeat layers once more.
- Top the last layer of pasta sheets with a small amount of white sauce and the combined cracker crumbs and parmesan.
- Bake for 45 minutes at 180C.
- Serve with a salad.
olive oil, onion, garlic, tomatoes, sugar, salt, butter, flour, milk, nutmeg, salt, pack instant lasagne, parmesan cheese, crackers
Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/crunchy-topped-lasagne-103698.aspx (may not work)