Bolognese sauce
1. Place the olive oil in a large frying pan, add the onion and garlic and cook for 20 minutes or so until fragrant. Add the bacon and carrot and continue to cook for a further 2-3 minutes.
2. Add the mince and cook through, using the back of a wooden spoon to break it all up.
3. Pour in the wine and cook for several minutes until absorbed before adding the remaining ingredients. Cook over a low heat for 1-2 hours. The longer you cook the sauce the more developed the flavours will become. This is the most important part of the process – do not cut corners here!
Bechamel sauce
1. Place the onions, garlic and milk into a saucepan and carefully bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Set aside and keep warm.
2. Strain the onion and garlic from the milk. Place the butter in a heavy bottomed saucepan and heat until completely melted. Add the flour and whisk to combine. Cook for a minute or two over a medium heat.
3. Remove from the heat and in a slow steady stream add the milk to the flour, being sure to whisk continuously to avoid lumps.
4. Return to the heat and cook for approximately 20 minutes until the sauce thickens and sticks to the back of a wooden spoon.
To assemble
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C on bake.
2. Place a layer of the Bolognese sauce into a baking dish, lay over the lasagne sheets then top with béchamel sauce. Repeat this process until you have used up all the Bolognese sauce. Finish with a layer of pasta topped with a generous serve of béchamel sauce. Finally, sprinkle over a generous layer of parmesan cheese and cook in the oven for approximately 30 minutes or until it is bubbling and the top is golden brown.
