Slow cooker lasagne
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Audrey Deane
Fancy making lasagne in your slow cooker? It is easier than you think - Audrey Deane shows us how...
- Prep Time 30 mins
- Cook Time 6 hrs
- Serves 4
- Difficulty Level Easy
Preparation
- Total Time 6 hrs 30 mins
- Preparation Time 30 mins
- Cooking Time 6 hrs
For the lasagne
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
- garlic (1x clove), halved
- 1 onion (small), finely chopped
- ½ red pepper, finely chopped
- ½ courgette, finely chopped
- 4 mushrooms, finely chopped
- 500g lean beef mince
- 1 beef stock cube
- 1 tsp oregano, dried
- 400g tomatoes (1x tin), chopped
- 200g tomato pasta sauce (1x jar)
- 8 lasagne sheets
For the white sauce
- 25g butter
- 25g flour
- 250ml milk
- ¼ tsp English mustard
- 110g cheddar cheese, grated
For the lasagne
- Preheat the slow cooker on high and grease with the vegetable oil
- Rub the garlic clove around the basin, then chop and add to the basin
- In a separate bowl, mix together the mince, chopped onion, pepper, courgette and mushrooms, sprinkle over the stock cube and herbs
- Add in the jar of tomato pasta sauce and the chopped tomatoes and mix really well
For the white sauce
- To make your own white sauce, melt the butter in a pan and stir in the flour
- Cook over a low heat for one minute stirring
- Take off the heat and beat in the milk a little at a time until everything is well mixed and smooth
- Season with the mustard, salt and black pepper
- Return to the heat and bring to the boil, add half the cheese and stir in
For the lasagne
- In the slow cooker basin, layer up the meat sauce and the pasta sheets ensuring that you have at least 3 layers of pasta to absorb the liquid
- Finish with a layer of meat followed by a layer of the white sauce
- Put the lid on tightly and cook on a HIGH setting for 5-6 hours
- When cooked, sprinkle the rest of the cheese on the top to serve
- If your slow cooker basin is oven-proof, place under a hot grill for a bubbling cheesy top
- Do watch the video below it's a great step-by-step guide to how to cook this recipe
You will need
Slow cooker - We really like this best-selling one from Morphy Richards. You can get it at Amazon for £24.99.
Tips
Cooking lasagne in the slow cooker is a great idea. No pre-cooking of the meat or the pasta is required. See our other slow cooker and pasta ideas.
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Reviews
★ ★ ★ ★ ★★ 6 ratingsRate this recipe
Polly L(45)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Mind. Blown.
Guest
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Just come across this recipie. Looks fantastic. Just wondering has anyone done it on low? How long does it take? Many thanks
Guest
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
This recipe literally changed my life! I discovered it a year ago when we were having kitchen re-fitted and I didn't want to buy frozen meals, so I bought a slow cooker! I change it about a lot - grated courgette, I use half turkey mince, half lean beef mince, gravy and/or passata, cheese sauce as we don't like bechamel. It always comes out great, no matter what. Always use wholegrain pasta sheets. I hardly use the oven at all now, it's slow cooker all the way from roast chicken to cheesecake :D I couldn't cook before discovering this recipe, now everything I make is from fresh ingredients, so thanks! 1st lighter too!
Guest
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4
Wow, lasagne in the slow cooker, I would never have believed it until I tried it. My family love lasagne but I don't cook it as often as they'd like as I find it quite time consuming. Thank you netmums for opening my eyes to a new way of cooking an old favourite and rescuing my slow cooker from the back of the cupboard.
Guest
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4
Would never have thought to do lasagne in the slow cooker!! But really want to know if it will be ok on low for about 8 hours? secondly, what size slow cooker would this use as mine is about 6L so really big!
Liz W(511)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4
Made this for dinner yesterday; was concerned about it drying out but it was lovely and moist! I was also very impressed that it kept it's lasagne layers when lifting out the cooker, I was worried it would collapse but it was perfect. I did make some alterations to the recipe due to personal preference. I used two cartons of passata instead of chopped toms/pasta sauce; my fussy family aren't keen on lumps, plus I find jars of pasta sauce are full of sugar and other nasties! I also grated my veg instead of chopped, but again that was due to fussy vegetable-hating children (and husband!) I used a teaspoon of gravy granules instead of a stock cube, because I had ran out, and it still tasted lovely! I did find that the lasagne cooked way more quickly than the time on the recipe; I had it on low instead of high, and it was done in four hours. Overall a good little recipe that I will try again.
Guest
To double check... The mince goes in raw?
Guest
Absolutley love making this recipe x
Guest
I decided to go ahead with this Lasagne yesterday. I chopped the onion etc the night before to sort the mean bit the covered and put in fridge over night. Yesterday morning I sorted the cheese sauce and layered up which was nice and easy. The house smelt s lovely yesterday when we all got home and both my girls and husband really enjoyed it. It was so quick and easy and they are already asking when we will have it again!
Guest
I am loving the comment from Vanessa about preparing the night before then just switching on in the morning. The recipe does say to warm the basin so was not sure on night before preparation. Does anyone know if this will be okay if I leave it cooking for 7/8 hours not 5/6 hours? as from going out to meal time will be that long and if I do should I put on low rather than high?
Guest
Yes I made it in a big slow cooker. I doubled all the ingredients except the jar of tomato pasta sauce (it seemed moist enough) and instead of doubling the meat I used frozen quorn to bulk it out. I got lots of layers out of it. Because I like cheese I also added grated mozzarella to the layers, which I think helped to keep the layers stuck together as I served it.
Carys M(6)
Has anyone made this with a 6.5 litre slow cooker? Do you think i'll need to double up the mixture to get the 3 layers?
Guest
Nom nom :)
Guest
Too be honest, I cheated and just mixed the meat with ajar of sauce and a tin of tomato' s, but I did make the cheese sauce. It was so easy, and fed four hungry teenagers when they came flying through the door, wanting dinner NOW! My slow cooker will now see the light of day, a lot more often!
Guest
This is amazing so easy to prepare and my family all loved it!
Guest
Made this today and it was enjoyed by all. Took 10 mins to prep last night, switched it on this morning, then when we got home from work today all we had to do was put a garlic bread in the oven for 10 minutes. Was lovely!
Guest
No you don't need to brown the mince, just mix it with the veg (raw) then layer up.
Guest
You need enough to cover the bottom of your slow cooker, if it's smaller just use less. Watch the video it will really help. Do let us know if you give it a go Jayne
jayne t(76)
Would you need more than one sheet of pasta on the bottom then?
Guest
I've been looking for a lasagne recipe for the slow cooker just this week and this looks the best one, so easy, will be giving it a go next week.
Guest
Do you not have to brown the mince first? That's such a time saver if so! :-)
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