cheaper version of lasagne

[carefree33]

when i make lasagne i buy dolmio jars it works out about �12 to make the dish .Which i find its a bit dear now has anyone got any ideas of a cheaper way to do it thanks

[Chickadee]

Make your own sauce with tinned toms!! Depending on how lazy I am feeling I will either make the white sauce (milk, flour & butter) or buy a ready made (fresh) cheese sauce.
Personally I don't like ready made pasta sauces.

[terambulan]

here's an italian recipe

http://www.restaurants.co.uk/htmlpages/sub_sec tions/recipes/recipes-italian2.htm

[puddicat]

Definetely make ure own, the jars are tart and expensive, google lasagne recipes, basic bechamel sauce is so easy not a cheese sauce, its made with milk flour butter or marg, a roux its called, i always add seasoning and nutmeg to taste, then top with parmesan the authentic way!!!

[wiggal]

I thought that!

�12 a dish!?!
Lasagne is one of my faves and one of the only things I can make, but it costs me no more then �4 to make a lasagne to feed 6 and using dolmio sauces!

[pastafreak]

WOW-terambulam---as an Italian -american living here..that is the FIRST lasagne recipe i have seen here WITHOUT white sauce...nice!!!

We would also put Ricotta cheese between the layers.......the cost of the cheesees are what makes it 'dear'....but still less than �12!!

[pastafreak]

ooops..I am blind..there WAS a white sauce!.....but it does use Mozzarella cheese,which most recipes here do not.

[Jugglering]

If you make up the lasagne from scratch (ie raw ingredients) as Chickadee & Puddicat mention, it shouldn't cost too much. I start off with the tomato sauce - canned tomatoes, onions, garlic, oil, herbs and a chilli (or 3 lol), seasoning (salt, pepper and a bit of sugar) and let them all cook up and make friends in a large pan. In a separate pan I make up a bechamel sauce, then add loads of different cheeses (say, applewood, caerphilly, mature cheddar - no mozzarella, that's for pizzas, it's too gooey for lasagne). I saut� some vegetables (mushrooms, peppers etc) and add some fresh kale or spinach, wilt them down and then arrange layers of wholewheat lasagne, tomato sauce, vegetables (repeat as necessary) with a final topping of bechamel & cheese sauce and bake in a medium oven (200 deg C) for about 30 minutes until bubbling and golden brown... then devour .... lol

[hundreddolla]

Mmmmm, �12 lasagne!!!

[carefree33]

i buy the big jars of dolmio and the time you buy the mince and sheets it costs me about �9 maybe i got �12 a bit wrong but thanks for your advice :)