Lasagne

Name: Lasagne
Yield: 8-10 servings
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: for the tomato sauce:; 10 medium tomatoes; 1 tsp whole cumin; 2 tbsp crushed garlic; 1 tsp crushed green chilli; 1 onion chopped; half green pepper chopped; 1 kg chicken fillet cubed small; italian herbs; 2 tsp salt; black pepper; 400 g grated cheese; 2 x 250g lasagne sheets; for the cheese sauce; 125 g butter; 3/4 cup flour; 1 litre milk; 1/2 tsp nutmeg; 1 tsp mustard powder; 1/2 tsp salt; white pepper; 1 cup cheese from the 400g that is grated

Ferzaana Sibda @cookzanasb

I make this on special occasions. and tonight my eldest is coming home for a week visit.

Ferzaana Sibda @cookzanasb

I make this on special occasions. and tonight my eldest is coming home for a week visit.

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Ingredients

8-10 servings

for the tomato sauce:
10medium tomatoes
1 tspwhole cumin
2 tbspcrushed garlic
1 tspcrushed green chilli
1onion chopped
halfgreen pepper chopped
1 kgchicken fillet cubed small
italian herbs
2 tspsalt
black pepper
400 ggrated cheese
2x 250g lasagne sheets
for the cheese sauce
125 gbutter
3/4 cupflour
1 litremilk
1/2 tspnutmeg
1 tspmustard powder
1/2 tspsalt
white pepper
1 cupcheese from the 400g that is grated

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Steps

1

Boil tomatoes in a large pot until the skin starts to peel off. you can use canned tomatoes if you are in a hurry
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While the tomatoes are boiling, you can start with the chicken
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Saute the garlic and green chilli with the cumin seeds in the pot until the garlic becomes a a lovely golden brown
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Add green peppers and onions and give a mix.
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Add cubed chicken fillets. salt and black pepper. italian herbs.
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Let the chicken cook with the pot lid a little open.
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Now the tomatoes will be soft. use a potato masher to break the tomatoes into smaller pieces as it cooks down to a thick tomato sauce
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Once the water is cooked out of the chicken, add the tomatoes to the chicken. 2tsp salt. black pepper and Italian herbs
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Let the sauce cook together for another 10 to 15mins. dont let all the water cook out from the sauce
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Prepare your cheese sauce. let the butter melt in a sauce pan.
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Remove from heat. add the flour into the butter and whisk it to a smooth paste
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Add half the milk. whisk while doing this. when you have a smooth consistency return the pot to the stove and add the rest of the milk
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Keep whisking or stirring so that the flour does not stick to the bottom of the pot. the sauce wil thicken as the milk starts to heat up. once you have a lovely smooth thick sauce remove it from the heat
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Add mustard powder. salt. white pepper. nutmeg. 1 cup of cheese from the 400g that you grated
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Whisk again for a minute
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Preheat oven to 230 degrees Celsius grease a baking dish.
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Start with a layer of lasagne to line your dish. add half your chicken and sauce over the sheets
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Another layer of lasagne sheets. cover with half the cheese sauce
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The 3rd layer of lasagne sheets. cover with the remainder of the sauce
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Top with the 4th layer of lasagne sheets. and the balance of the cheese sauce
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Sprinkle the cheese and italian herbs
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Bake in oven for 30 mins. or until the cheese is golden brown
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Switch the oven off and allow the lasagne to rest for 10 mins.
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Enjoy