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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat up a big saucepan and add the olive oil. Sweat the onion, celery, carrot and garlic for around five minutes over a medium heat. | 2. Heat a frying pan up until very hot and cook the seasoned beef, without any oil, in batches. Then add the beef to the saucepan. | 3. The point of cooking the beef in batches is to get a good colour on it because this adds more flavour. | 4. When all the beef is in the saucepan, turn up the heat and add the wine. | 5. Cook until the wine has all been absorbed and then add the tinned tomatoes, tomato purée, bay leaf and oregano. Season and simmer for 30 minutes or until rich and tasty. | 6. Preheat a conventional oven to 180ºC, or a fan-assisted one to 160ºC. | 7. Heat a griddle pan. Season the courgettes and lightly chargrill or sear on each side, then leave on a plate until assembling time. Drain the peppers and also add to the plate. | 8. For the cheese sauce: heat the milk up gently with a good grating of nutmeg, some salt and pepper. Mix the cornflour with 50ml of the milk and whisk back into the milk, continuing to cook for two to three minutes until thickened. | 9. Add the mustard and half the cheese. Check the seasoning and set aside. | 10. Now for the fun part: Take a baking dish and start layering up the ingredients. Start with a layer of meat, then peppers, then meat, then courgettes, then meat, then pasta and finally cheese sauce. | 11. Top with the rest of the cheese and bake for 20 to 30 minutes or until bubbling. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	1	teaspoon		39.78	0.0	0.0	4.5
onion	1		chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
celery	2	sticks	chopped	-	-	-	-
carrot	1		chopped	52.48	12.2624	1.1904	0.3072
garlic clove	4		peeled chopped	71.2	0.0	15.84	0.4
beef	400		ground lean	212160.4812	0.0	41833.6949	4877.8777
salt black pepper			ground	71.2	0.0	15.84	0.4
red wine	315			-	-	-	-
plum tomato	400			71.2	0.0	15.84	0.4
tomato puree	1	tablespoon		5.9375	1.4031	0.2578	0.0328
bay leaf	1			-	-	-	-
oregano	1/2	teaspoon	dried	1.325	0.3446	0.045	0.0214
courgette	2		sliced	71.2	0.0	15.84	0.4
red pepper	8	ounces	roasted	90.7184	19.9807	4.2411	0.9979
lasagna noodle	4	sheets		71.2	0.0	15.84	0.4
milk	500	%	low fat	276000.0	6648.0	2748.0	28608.0
nutmeg	1			11.55	1.0844	0.1285	0.7988
salt pepper				71.2	0.0	15.84	0.4
cornflour	3	tablespoons		71.2	0.0	15.84	0.4
english mustard	1	teaspoon		71.2	0.0	15.84	0.4
mature cheddar cheese	80	g		71.2	0.0	15.84	0.4

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.