Warm up with this slow cooked lasagne soup
Here is an amazing, tasty soup which packs in all the flavours of a lasagne. You can make it on the stovetop or it’s also super easy in the slow cooker too.
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Slow cooked lasagne soup
Ingredients (makes 4 serves)
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (15 mls)
- 200 grams lean beef mince
- 1 brown onion, diced (100 grams)
- 2 cloves garlic, sliced (6 grams)
- 1 cup kale leaves, finely chopped (30 grams)
- 2 medium carrots, grated (140 grams)
- 2 courgettes, grated (220 grams)
- 4 cups liquid beef stock, salt reduced (1000 mls)
- 2 cups tomato passata (500 mls)
- 4 lasagne sheets, dried (60 grams)
- 1/3 cup ricotta cheese (86.7 grams)
- 2 tsp lemon zest (8 grams)
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme leaves (0.5 grams)
- 2 teaspoons grated Parmesan (6 grams)
Method
If cooking on the stovetop:
- Heat oil in a saucepan, fry mince and onion for 1-2 minutes or until mince is browned.
- Add garlic, kale, carrot and courgette and stir to combine, cooking for a further couple of minutes until vegetables start to soften. Add tomato passata and stock. Bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer for 10 minutes.
- Break up the lasagne sheet(s) and add to the saucepan. Simmer for a further 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, combine ricotta with lemon zest and thyme.
- To serve, pour the soup into a bowl and top with ricotta mix and grated Parmesan.
If cooking in a slow cooker:
- Heat oil in a saucepan, fry mince and onion for 1-2 minutes or until mince is browned.
- Place onion and mince into the slow cooker with all other ingredients, excluding the ricotta, lemon zest, thyme, Parmesan and lasagne sheet(s).
- Cook on low for 8 hours, adding the broken lasagne sheet(s) in the final 40 minutes of cooking.
- Combine the ricotta with the lemon zest and thyme. To serve, pour the soup into a bowl and top with ricotta mix and grated Parmesan
324 calories per serve
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