Cheese & bacon lasagne

Cheese & bacon lasagne

This freezable, family-friendly recipe is economical and has a wonderful comfort-food feel about it

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Easily doubled

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 35 mins

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

Freezable

Method

  1. Fry the onions in the oil for about 15 mins until golden. Add the oregano and bacon and fry for 5 mins more, stirring frequently. Tip in the tomatoes, season and bubble uncovered for 5 mins. Remove from the heat and stir in the basil.
  2. Meanwhile, make the white sauce. Pour the milk into a pan and tip in the butter and flour. Whisk continuously over a moderate heat to incorporate the flour, then simmer, stirring until thickened. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
  3. Spoon a third of the tomato sauce on the base of a lasagne dish. Top with a third of the lasagne sheets. Then top with a third sauce, a third lasagne, the last of the tomato sauce and finally the last sheets of lasagne. Pour over the white sauce and scatter with the cheese and an extra grating of nutmeg. Chill. If eating straight away, bake at 190C/170C fan/gas 5 for 40 mins until golden and bubbling. Scatter with basil, if you like, and serve with a salad and garlic bread.
  4. To freeze, cool completely, then wrap in cling film, then foil. Will store for 3 months. To serve, thaw for 6 hrs in a cool place. Unwrap and bake at 190C/170C fan/gas 5 for 50-60 mins until thoroughly heated through.

425 kcalories, protein 23g, carbohydrate 37g, fat 22 g, saturated fat 9g, fibre 4g, sugar 14g, salt 3.03 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2009.

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  • 16 July 2011

    Irene Howson rated this recipe

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  • 22 July 2011

    Cleaning Fairy rated and commented on this recipe

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    We all loved this and all came up with ideas for extra veg in it. Trying it again next week with mushrooms and spinach.

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  • 26 July 2011

    viola rated and commented on this recipe

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    Tried this on Saturday. Delicious - husband and 3 teenage children all moved to comment! Simple, quick and cheap to make too.

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  • 03 September 2011

    rooky rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Imade this tonight & it was really tasty & a nice change from minced beef. I made a few small changes to it according to what I had in cupboard/freezer. I used a combination150g of non-smoked backed bacon & 150g of smoked. I also added mushrooms to bulk it out a bit. I used dried basil as I had no fresh & I used cheddar instead of parmesan as it was all I had. We all enjoyed it even my extremely fussy 3 year old who had seconds!

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  • 05 September 2011

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  • 12 September 2011

    Jodie Rees rated and commented on this recipe

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    So delicious, even my toddler enjoyed it. Went down a treat when we had company round for dinner. Will cook again!

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  • 25 September 2011

    kvt396k commented on this recipe

    This is my very favourite lasagne recipe. Much tastier and easier to prepare than a traditional lasage and all the family love is which is a bonus.

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  • 02 October 2011

    Trixy rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I enjoyed making this and thought it tasted great, although I am not sure I like parmesan so I will try it with cheddar next time. I also added chicken as well as I was cooking for meat lovers

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  • 21 November 2011

    adellehart commented on this recipe

    Yummy, I took note of other people's suggestions and added mushrooms and a bag of baby spinach. I also added 2 cloves of garlic to the onions, a splash of red wine with the tomatoes along with a teaspoon of sugar, added about 25g of parmesan into the white sauce and dotted the top of the lasagna with sliced tomato. Served 2 adults and an 18 month old with the same again left over.

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  • 03 December 2011

    danny boy rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Tasty, but dish size was a problem, and the ingredients didn't stretch as far as I anticipated.

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  • 11 December 2011

    evanshayleyleanne rated and commented on this recipe

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    This is nice- but I have made other variations of lasagne that I prefer.

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  • 30 December 2011

    EmzzieLou2012 commented on this recipe

    im about to try this but going to use pork mince too. bought the lasagne sauces by dolmeo and was going to cheat but saw this so ill ust tins of chopped tomatoes but not got oregano or basil so will use mixed herbs and bacon and mince... (still cheating with dolmeo white sauce tho lol) fingers crossed this works out :) sounds DELISH tho will rate it when i done to let ya all know how it works out :) xxx

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  • 11 January 2012

    Hannah rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Absolutely delicious!

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  • 12 January 2012

    DenisC rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very nice dish, and fairly easy to do too. I did think there was too much juice after cooking though, but aside from that, delish!

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  • 18 January 2012

    louisec rated and commented on this recipe

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    So simple my 4 year old was telling me how to make it. I'm not a huge fan of lasagne but this was really nice.

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  • 08 February 2012

    annac77 rated this recipe

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  • 18 February 2012

    PEARLS GRUB rated and commented on this recipe

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    Enjoyed this recipe and will cook again. I purchased cooking bacon from my supermarket which made it more economical and added some sliced peppers and mushrooms to give it more bulk. As there are only 2 of us I divided the mixture between 2 dishes and froze one to eat next week.

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  • 26 March 2012

    janey rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Tried this for the first time tonight and it was an instant hit with the family. I too added baby spinach to bulk it out with an extra veg! Delicious mid week supper which everyone is already asking when I can cook it again! Yum yum!!

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  • 18 April 2012

    Simona G. rated and commented on this recipe

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    Great! Everybody loves it. I add the cubes of mozzarella sprinkled over each layer of the sauce.

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  • 25 April 2012

    MrsO rated and commented on this recipe

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    I have made this and found it very yummy! I scaled down the ingredients to make it for 2 and we found it was much lighter than the regular minced beef versions, so a great mid-weeker. I added some mushrooms in when frying the bacon and also added thawed frozen spinach to the sauce with the basil. Served with salad leaves, it was yum!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Easily doubled

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 35 mins

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

Freezable

Ingredients

  • 3 large onions , halved and thinly sliced
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 300g pack lean smoked back bacon , chopped
  • 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes in rich juice
  • 20 basil leaves , roughly torn, plus extra to serve if you like
  • 250g pack fresh egg lasagne (check pack for cooking instructions)

FOR THE WHITE SAUCE

  • 600ml milk
  • 50g each butter and plain flour
  • generous grating fresh nutmeg
  • 50g grated Parmesan
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