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The no pasta lasagne


I may have mentioned this idea to people before but the other day I finally got around to creating it. This is the no pasta lasagne.

When eating, I often eat my least favourite bit of the meal first, to get it out of the way. For example, when eating a roast dinner, carrots or cabbage is usually the first to go. Who wants their last mouthful of a meal, of which the taste will linger on, to be cabbage? The reason I made this lasagne was although I like all the components of lasagne I find that when I eat it I tend to drag the pasta out first. This would indicate, to me, that this is my least favourite bit. So, how to rectify this and create a more evenly balanced meal, of which, all components would be equal it their order of consumption? The idea was to replace the pasta with something that was equally as tasty as mince, cheese and that white lasagne sauce. Only one thing came to mind, bacon. However, that thought later developed into gammon, as it was cheaper to buy and I thought it would hold its size and rigidity better. The following pics are the results of this creation. It was very, very tasty. However, the recipe needs work. The lasagne didn’t hold its shape very well. It seemed that the gammon did not have the same binding properties of pasta. I think the solution to this would be to go with the original idea of bacon and apply multiple layers. I should also consider how to overcome the excessive amount of fat run off that comes from the cheese on top. I refuse to use less cheese, there must be an alternative option. Anyway, that’s for another time. Here are the pics :

















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Finely rolled sausage meat, fried 'til a bit crispy? Would that maintain pasta like consistency?

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Words escape me. Just brilliant!

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England wrote:

Finely rolled sausage meat, fried 'til a bit crispy? Would that maintain pasta like consistency?



I can put it on the list of things to try. I have a feeling it may be a bit brittle. Once the juice gets into it I think it would break up. Worth a go though. Maybe if I mixed some egg with it it would hold it together better.

 



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What about making a thick batter and making ham fritters in a frying pan first? That way you get the flour to absorb the fat/juice too.

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What you call fat, I call dipping sauce. Whenever i have a lasagne I always have a garlic bread with it for mopping up.

The batter plan could work, I'll put it on the list.

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I...just...words fail me.

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The no pasta lasagne, mark 2. This time I went for streaky bacon. Two layers. It worked splendidly. It held its shape a lot better than the gammon, tasted better, looked better and re-heats better. Here are the pics of its creation.

The bacon. I cooked it in the oven to get it mostly done. Not too soft and not too crispy. I was given a splendid tip from my boss. To stop the bacon from curling, cut into the rind a few times. It worked well, it all came out nice and flat, ready for layering. 3 packs of bacon were used.

 



The sauce and mince. I used 1kg of mince, 2 tins of chopped tomato, 2 onions, 1 tin of sliced muchrooms, some garlic, rosemarry, tyme and some "mixed italian herbs". No ide whats in that but it smells nice. One point to mention here, how pointless is a garlic press? I noticed we had one so I tried to use it. It was shit, all it did was mush up the garlic so I then had to pick it out of the holes it was stuck in and chop / crush it manually.



The build. This is the application of layer 1.



Layer 2.



The white goo and cheese.



The finished product.









Serving suggestion. Loads of it, with a garlic bread.





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Splendid, just splendid! Yeah garlic crushers are rubbish, best to sprinkle salt over it and use the edge of your knife once you've chopped it a bit.

1kg of mince!!! I serve 100g for the inmates and that makes a massive one.

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Thats more than they deserve, they are in prison after all.

I forgot to mention, I used about 400g of cheese.

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Christ.

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when are you inviting us over for a taste?

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When I've perfected it. There is still work to be done.

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im hungry, and this looks great.

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I've seen photos of you MrBanana and what puzzles me is you do not look fat or anything!?

I mean With all this cooking you do (especially with lots and lots of various meat deliciousness) i would expect to see you as some big blobby man with a heart problem.



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http://www.everydaynodaysoff.com/2010/03/26/cooking-some-bacon-the-machine-gun-method/


Have you got a machine gun lying around the place?, if so why not try this new method of cooking bacon. Go on, give it a shot.....

-- Edited by Bottle_of_Piss on Friday 16th of April 2010 02:15:37 PM

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I wonder how that would taste. I get the feeling gun oil and cordite wouldn't bring out the best flavour of the bacon. Interesting method though.

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Bottle_of_Piss wrote:

I've seen photos of you MrBanana and what puzzles me is you do not look fat or anything!?


I'm a fat man trapped in an average sized mans body. Also, I walk about 4 miles a day at work, with lots of stairs.

 



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haha, 4 miles.

Cooking bacon with a nazi machine gun could very well be the highlight of anyone's life, i must do it.

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