Lasagne

[jennyjoan]

have made this loads of times but at the mo the sauce is far too runny - I know that I have put far too many mushrooms in - as I am just after finding out that the mushrooms are too watery. How can I thicken the sauce to serve as lasagne.

PS I had cooked mushrooms, bacon, onions etc separately and did wonder about the water but thought it was too flavoursome to throw out and so I tipped onto the minced steak.

[Old_Geezer]

I'd guess flour or cornflour.

[Calibax]

Lentils?

[dannyk13]

Cornflour

[gingejbee]

Arrowroot

[TonyV]

Put your cornflour in some warm water before adding or you can just leave it on low heat to reduce or maybe add some gravy granules.

[jennyjoan]

I do have more frozen minced steak shall I cook that up and buck it in. Then that's me I won't be making lasagne for while now. Too time consuming. Another idea somebody told me just to let it go cold and it should thicken up and do the lasagne tomorrow. Thanks for the advice.

[TonyV]

If you want to cook all of your mince you could always make shepherds pies and put them in the freezer for quick easy meals.

[TonyV]

Maybe smaller portions though.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/9644/nofuss-shepherds-pie

[tamborine]

dry fry mince in stewpan, remove any fat with bread & dispose. Add your other ingredients to stewpan & casserole in oven for 30+mins. All will thicken & blend

[jennyjoan]

Lasagne turned out great - I reduced it a bit and added just a nip of gravy granules and it also "stood". LOL Had a whopper of a slice last night with salad.

[ummmm]

Gravy granules? Never heard of that before.

How do you make your normal ragu for spaghetti bolognese?

[jennyjoan]

that was a tip I was given in an earlier post mind you it was just a tip of granules

I just use tinned tomatoes, basil, garlic, nip of chilli powder, then mince, smoked bacon, onions, roasted peppers, mushrooms - I think that's it. Bacon needs to be smoked to give the smokey taste.

[jennyjoan]

no have just looked - it wasn't in an earlier tip on this post but I must have read in another post.

[TonyV]

Jj gravy granules just add a bit of thickening and flavour.

[jennyjoan]

it done the trick Tony

[TonyV]

^^^^ meant ummm glad your tea turned out well jj.

[ummmm]

This is the recipe I use but I do use a little extra stock or wine.

https://antonio-carluccio.co.uk/recipes/tagliatelle-al-ragu-bolognese/