Recipes | Supermarkets | Lagos

A childhood favorite of mine.

My mum taught me how to make lasagne at a really early age, I must have been like 13. And then good ol' Mrs Lang helped me perfect my skills in year 9 cooking class. 

Over a decade later, miles away from where it all began, I made lasagne for dinner.

​

I'm a proper naija babe so the spicier the better for me, I put quite a lot of ata gigun (hope I spelt that right).

 I don't think the Italians intended this to be a spicy dish but that's why we fakeaway so we can do what we like ! :)

​

​

​

Yield: 4 servings

Prep time: 5 mins

Cook time: 35 mins

Total time: 40 mins

​

Ingredients:

​

Minced Meat, 500g

Lasagne Sheets

Tomato/Lasagne Sauce 

Chedder Chesse 100g

Bechamel Sauce aka White Lasange sauce

Salt (to taste)

Oregano, 1 tbsp

Black Pepper, 2 tsp

Parsley, 2 tsp

Chili Powder (to taste)

Olive Oil

​

Grocery Shopping:

​

Grand Square, VI

​

Prep:

​

Chop one large onion and dice two large garlic cloves.

​

Preheat the oven at 150 DC.

​

Instructions:

​

1. On a large skillet, heat 2 tbsp olive oil and add the onions and garlic, once transparent add your minced meat.

Cook the mince stirring occasionally until it has browned, then add salt and let it cook for a further 2 minutes before adding the tomato sauce and simmer on low heat for 5 mins. 

 

2. Add black pepper, oregano, parsley and chili. Stir, reduce the heat and let it simmer on low heat for 10 minutes.

​

3. Once the mince is ready, in a deep oven dish plate a layer of the mince meat to cover the width of the dish, then lay sheets of lasagne to cover the mince, on top of the sheets spread a generous layer of the bechamel sauce.

​

4. Add another layer of mince over the bechamel sauce, and then another layer of lasagne sheet.

Continue with the mince, sheet, sauce routine until you have your desired amount of layers (I recommend no more than 3 layers of lasagne sheet). 

​

done. Cover the last layer of white sauce with a generous amount of cheese and then place the dish in the preheated oven, increasing the heat to 190, for about 20 minutes or until cheese has browned and sheets are soft (test this by piercing all the way down to the bottom of the dish with a knife or fork and it should go through the sheets easily). 

​

Remove from the oven, set aside, I know you can't wait but let it cool for a few minutes before serving. 

​

Your Lasagne is ready !! 

​

Enjoy !

​

Don't forget to FAKE IT, SNAP IT & TAG @fakeawaylagos to get featured. 

​

​