Friday 9 March 2012

Egg free and (mostly) dairy free lasagne

I was missing lasagne a lot, so I decided to make some at last. I am not really sure if goat cheese counts as dairy-free, but it's not cow's milk cheese anyway. If you don't have goat cheese, you can leave it out as it only adds a little bit of extra taste. Or try tofu! I am tempted to try one of the tofu substitutions I've read, the next time I make lasagne.

Egg-free and cow-milk free lasagne
Instant lasagne sheets
Goat cheese

Tomato Sauce
600g Mince meat
1 large Onion
2 cloves Garlic
1Tbsp. Tomato paste
Dairy-free chicken stock
Salt to taste
half large bottle Passata

Bechamel Sauce
4 Tbsp. dairy free margarine
3 Tbsp. flour
2 cups dairy free soy, oat or rice milk
salt and pepper to taste
pinch nutmeg

Method
Tomato Sauce
This is a pretty rough guide, I am sure everyone has their own bolognaise sauce recipe or a vegetable sauce recipe
  1. Sweat off the onions & garlic
  2. Brown the mince. I think it's important to make sure all the liquid has evaporated.
  3. Add tomato paste & cook for a minute
  4. Add passata, stock and salt to taste. Simmer for an hour or until sauce has reduced sufficiently. (You can use canned tomato instead of passata)

Bechamel Sauce
  1. Melt dairy-free margarine on low in a saucepan.
  2. Add the flour to saucepan and whisk mixture until flour is incorporated and not lumpy, about 1 minute or so.
  3. Slowly add the dairy-free milk, and salt and pepper to taste.
  4. Whisk constantly for about 5-10 minutes on medium or until mixture thickens and coats the back of a wooden spoon.

Layering
  1. Preheat oven to 200C/180C fan force
  2. Ladle tomato sauce on bottom of oven-proof dish
  3. Cover with lasagne sheet
  4. Spread some of the bechamel on top
  5. Top with tomato sauce
  6. Repeat layering of lasagne sheets, bechamel and tomato sauce until used up
  7. Top with goat cheese
  8. Cover dish with foil or lid and bake for 45 minutes
  9. Remove foil/lid and bake for further 15 minutes until top is nice and golden. Remove from oven, cool for a little and then cut and enjoy!

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