Traditional Beef Lasagne

There’s nothing better than a traditional beef lasagne. The rich beef mince combined with a creamy bechamel sauce and layers of deliciously al dente pasta sheets!

This traditional beef lasagne recipe is a delicious classic created by Rachel Golding from Dinner on the Table.

Ingredients (serves 4)

500g Beef Mince
1 Onion
2 sticks Celery
2 cloves Garlic
125mL Red or White Wine
1 pinch Salt and White Pepper
1/4 tsp Grated Nutmeg
500mL Vegetable Stock
400g Tinned Tomatoes
2 tbsp Tomato Paste
3 sprigs Thyme
2 Bay Leaves
6-8 Fresh or Dried Lasagne Sheets
For Béchamel Sauce
400 mL Milk
40g Flour
40g Butter
1 pinch Salt and White Pepper
Parmesan Cheese

Method

Finely chop onion, celery and garlic. Sweat over medium heat until translucent. Add beef and fry, breaking meat up into small clumps. Increase heat and add wine so it bubbles up. Add nutmeg, pepper, tomatoes, tomato paste, thyme (leaves only), bay leaf and stock. Bring to boil, then reduce heat and cook 1-1.5 hours to reduce and thicken. Season with salt and pepper. Remove bay leaves.
For béchamel sauce, melt butter over medium heat. Add flour all in one go and cook, stirring constantly, to cook flour and form a smooth roux. Flour and butter should bubble and boil. Add milk, whisking continuously until sauce boils, thickens and is very smooth. Season with salt and white pepper.
To make lasagne: grease trays with spray oil. Add 2-3 tbs meat sauce to bottom of tray so first layer of lasagne sheets are not sitting directly on bottom of tray. Layer with lasagne sheets, meat sauce, lasagne sheets, meat sauce, and lasagne sheets. Finish with béchamel sauce to cover top layer of pasta. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and any remaining thyme leaves.
Cook in a 180 degrees celcius oven for around 30 minutes until top is golden brown and bubbling.

Notes

This traditional beef lasagne recipe is one of our absolute best-sellers at https://www.dinneronthetable.com.au/

This Beef Lasagne Recipe is one of the absolute best-sellers at Dinner's on the Table!

56 Comments

- - Ellen said
  - 24 Nov 2019
    9:53 am
Thanks for sharing. I make for my husband a beef lasagna and for the rest of us a vegetarian version.

- - tessie said
  - 24 Nov 2019
    1:18 am
I love lasagne and this is a terrific recipe

- - Mumofboysx4 said
  - 23 Nov 2019
    8:33 pm
I make my lasagne sauce from scratch and the kids love it. But I don’t use bechamel sauce cos I don’t like it haha

- - MrsTiffanyLee said
  - 23 Nov 2019
    2:04 pm
Yum! oooh!

- - mom101628 said
  - 22 Nov 2019
    10:28 pm
Thanks for sharing – I will try this one.

- - sezzie120 said
  - 22 Nov 2019
    9:41 pm
This recipe is the best ever boglonaise cause recipe ever!!!! The only difference I do is no nutmeg in the meat sauce but I add a tiny pinch of nutmeg to my white sauce. I also like to add grated carrot and sometimes grated zucchini with all the juice squeezed out of both the carrots and zucchini before adding to the boglonaise sauce. It’s extra hidden veggies for my kids. I can’t wait to make some lasagna now after reading this fantastic recipe.

- - mom330666 said
  - 22 Nov 2019
    8:33 pm
Looks yummy.Thank you for sharing

- - hopefullyheidi said
  - 29 Sep 2019
    7:31 pm
I always like to try new recipes of a well loved dish we often have.

- - mom81879 said
  - 25 Sep 2019
    11:27 am
I do love a good lasagne. But I already have a favourite recipe that’s pretty good. This will need to be REALLY good for me to give my regular one up

- - cherz said
  - 21 Sep 2019
    5:36 pm
I love to add grated carrot and zucchini to my Las.

- - DaffyD said
  - 21 Sep 2019
    3:17 pm
Looks so good, I’ve always wanted to make my own, will have to give it a try

- - mrsnaomiwalton@gmail.com said
  - 13 Sep 2019
    8:47 pm
Nutmeg in lasagne is new to me but worked well. Thanks for the recipe

- - mom418599 said
  - 09 Sep 2019
    7:54 pm
I have some pasta sheets in the pantry, might addthis to my meal plan. Sounds great, I like to add in as much veg as I can (grated zucchini, carrot and mushroom)

- - mom90758 said
  - 02 Sep 2019
    3:22 pm
I love lasagne too. I generally make it with fresh lasagne sheets though.

- - mom62624 said
  - 17 Aug 2019
    10:20 pm
Thanks, look forward to trying this lasagne recipe.

- - mom414719 said
  - 17 Aug 2019
    3:00 pm
A perfect recipe for a cold winter evening. Can’t wait to make.

- - tessie said
  - 15 Aug 2019
    1:17 pm
I love lasagne and especially this recipe. Can’t wait to give it a go

- - DaffyD said
  - 11 Aug 2019
    10:38 am
love Lasagne thanks for the recipe

- - mom129591 said
  - 10 Aug 2019
    2:39 am
A great looking recipe thanks for sharing this one. Yummo

- - Krystal said
  - 08 Aug 2019
    4:00 pm
I love a good lasagne – can’t wait to try this one.