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Lasagne |
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Ingredients | 2 tbsp olive oil, 500 g minced beef, 500 ml tomato sauce, 100 ml beef |
| stock, 150 g dried lasagne sheets, 1 onion (chopped), 200 g grated |
| cheese, 1 tbsp each of dried parsley flakes, oregano, basil |
Directions | Prepare tomato meat sauce. Heat the oil in a frying pan, then cook the |
| minced beef and chopped onion for about 10 min until browned all over. |
| Pour over the tomato sauce and beef stock, add the dried herbs. Bring |
| up to the boil, then simmer for 30 min. |
| Cook lasagne noodles according to package directions. Layer the lasagne |
| noodle, meat sauce, and cheese then repeat. Then sprinkle evenly with |
| remaining cheese on the top of layer of noodles and bake. |
Apple pie |
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Ingredients | • Pastry: 275 g flour, 1/2 tbsp salt, 125 g white castor sugar, 8 g vanilla |
| sugar, 175 g cold butter, 1 egg(beaten) |
| • Filling: 750 g firm whole apples, 1 tbsp lemon juice, 40 g sugar, |
| 1/2 tbsp cinnamon, 50 g seedless raisins, 2 tbsp bread crumbs |
Directions | Sift the flour with the salt above a big bowl. Sift the castor sugar and |
| vanilla sugar with it. Cut with 2 knives the butter through the flour in |
| small cubes. Add 3/4 of the beaten egg. Knead all the ingredients in the |
| food processor until a crumbly mass appears. Form the dough into a |
| ball with your hands. Wrap it in plastic foil and leave it chilled for about |
| 30 min. |
| Grease the spring tin |
| flour. Roll out 3/4 of the dough till 5 mm thickness. Put it in the tin |
| (bottom and sides). |
| Peel and core the apples. Cut them in cubes of about 3/4 x 3/4 cm. |
| Sprinkle the apples with lemon juice and mix well. Wash and dry the |
| currants and raisins. Add sugar, cinnamon, raisins and currants. Mix well |
| and sprinkle the bottom of dough with bread crumbs. Press slightly. |
| Roll out the rest of the dough. Cut the dough in small strips and put |
| them cross wise on the filling. Brush the pie evenly with the rest of the |
| beaten egg. |
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