Cooking Smart
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Lasagne
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 tsp 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
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
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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