add the mince and brown well. Add the red wine to deglaze the pan and cook until it has almost evaporated.
Tip in the onion
carrots and celery and fry for a couple of minutes. Season with salt and pepper
then add the chopped tomatoes and rinse the tin out with water and add the water from the tin to the pan. Lower the heat
cover with a lid and gently simmer for two hours
stirring from time to time.
Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
For the white sauce
melt the butter in a small pan on a medium heat
stir in the flour with either a wooden spoon or small hand whisk (this will avoid lumps from forming) to form a paste and stir in a little of the milk.
Add the remaining milk
stirring all the time until it begins to thicken to a creamy consistency. Remove from the heat
add salt and pepper and stir in 20g/¾oz of the grated parmesan cheese.
Line an ovenproof rectangular dish of about 22 x 26cm/8½ x 10½in with a little of the ragù sauce
arrange sheets of lasagne over followed by ragù sauce
dots of mozzarella and white sauce and a sprinkling of grated parmesan. Continue to make layers like this until you have finished all the ingredients
ending with a topping of white sauce. Hold back some of the ragù to dot over the top and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
Cover with foil and bake for 35-40 minutes
or until golden-brown. Remove the foil for the last five minutes of cooking. Allow to rest for a couple of minutes before serving.
