Cheese and bacon lasagne

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Cheese and bacon lasagne

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This recipe comes courtesy of my friend Jean, who has made mince-free lasagne for years. It's delicious, doesn't cost the earth and has a wonderful comfort-food feel about it

Ingredients

3 large onions, halved and thinly sliced
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp dried oregano
300g pack lean smoked back bacon, chopped
2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes in rich juice
20 basil leaves, roughly torn, plus extra
to serve if you like
250g pack fresh egg lasagne (check
pack for cooking instructions)
FOR THE WHITE SAUCE
600ml/1pt milk
50g/2oz each butter and plain flour
generous grating fresh nutmeg

Serves: 6 Preparation: 35 Cook Time: 40 Total Time: 75min

Directions

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Fry the onions in the oil for about mins until golden. Add the oregano and bacon and fry for mins more, stirring frequently. Tip in the tomatoes, season and bubble uncovered for mins. Remove from the heat and stir in the basil.
Meanwhile, make the white sauce. Pour the milk into a pan and tip in the butter and flour. Whisk continuously over a moderate heat to incorporate the flour, then simmer, stirring until thickened. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
Spoon a third of the tomato sauce on the base of a lasagne dish. Top with a third of the lasagne sheets. Then top with a third sauce, a third lasagne, the last of the tomato sauce and finally the last sheets of lasagne. Pour over the white sauce and scatter with the cheese and an extra grating of nutmeg. Chill.

Source: Good Food Magazine