Lasagna recipe for in the slow cooker or in the oven
A delicious lasagna recipe that you can make in the oven or in the slow cooker. I used to always prepare the lasagna in the oven according to this recipe, nowadays I prefer to use the slow cooker because the lasagna remains just a little more creamy than in the oven. The kids also love it. Extra handy:you don't have to stay with it in the slow cooker for the best results! And is the lasagna recipe ready but not everyone can sit at the table yet? No problem, the keep warm setting of your slow cooker ensures that it stays tasty until you can sit at the table.
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Lasagna recipe for oven or slow cooker
The lasagna recipe is not difficult to make, but it does take some time. In many of the slow cooker recipes you can just put everything in the slow cooker, then you turn on the slow cooker and go, at the end of the day you have food. You can't do that with lasagna.
So make sure you have some time in the morning to make the lasagna, or that you do this the day before, that's also possible.
Ingredients lasagna recipe
The ingredients below are for the lasagna recipe itself, below you will find the ingredients separately for the bechamel sauce that belongs to the lasagna.
pack of lasagna leaves
500 grams of minced meat
small can of tomato paste
pack of sieved tomatoes (500 ml)
2 onions
1 zucchini
2 peppers
2 pieces of leek
trays of mushrooms
4-5 cloves of garlic
2 tablespoons of Italian herbs (I use these from Pit &Pit, very tasty)
salt to taste
grated cheese
Ingredients for the bechamel sauce that belongs to the lasagna recipe
500 ml cold milk
a few tablespoons of flour (50 gr)
butter (50 gr)
stock powder to taste
First preparation for the lasagna recipe
The first preparation you do for this lasagna recipe applies in both cases. Whether you prepare the lasagna in the slow cooker or in the oven. Below you will find the further details for the slow cooker and the oven.
Chop the onions
Cut the bell pepper and zucchini into small cubes
Cut the leek into thin rings and the mushrooms into slices
Crush the garlic cloves
Fry the minced meat slowly in a pan
Fry the garlic and onion in another wok with a little oil until translucent
Add the tomato puree and stir gently
Then add the bell pepper, leek, zucchini and mushrooms
Add salt to taste
Add the packet of sieved tomatoes and the Italian herbs
Finally add the minced meat from the other pan
The basic sauce for this lasagna recipe is now ready. Let this simmer while you make the béchamel sauce.
Bechamel sauce for Lasagna recipe:
Melt the butter in a pan
Add the few tablespoons of flour
Stir gently until a lump forms
Now add -while stirring- little by little the cold milk and keep stirring until all the lumps are gone. Initially, the lump will absorb the milk, but as you add more milk, the sauce is formed.
Note, the sauce can thicken, so don't set the heat too high
Add the stock powder for some extra flavour
Finish the lasagna recipe in the slow cooker
Now you can start building the lasagna in the slow cooker according to this recipe.
Grease your slow cooker with a brush
Start with a layer of base sauce with minced meat and vegetables
The lasagna leaves follow. With a little bit of breaking you can cover the entire vegetable/minced meat layer.
A little béchamel sauce goes over this
Then you can start on the next layer; the vegetable/mince sauce, the lasagna leaves, the bechamel sauce
End your lasagna with a layer of vegetable/mince sauce
Sprinkle the cheese on top
Set the slow cooker to low for 4 hours
Enjoy this delicious lasagna recipe for the slow cooker
Finish the lasagna recipe for the oven
Preheat the oven to 200°
Grease a baking dish with a brush
Build the lasagna as described above in the slow cooker method of this lasagna recipe
Place in the oven for about 40 minutes to heat the lasagna
Enjoy your meal
Tip for variety in this lasagna recipe
You can of course add all kinds of vegetables to this lasagna recipe. Carrots and celery, for example, are also very tasty in this lasagna sauce. Just take a look at what you still have in the fridge and what needs to be used 😉 .
You can also make the vegetable mince sauce a day before. This way you don't need a lot of time to put the lasagna in the slow cooker the next morning. What is also handy:make this bolognese sauce, freeze it and thaw it before you want to make this lasagna recipe. Then you'll be ready in no time!
