Lasagne of Love | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Ingredients

• 2 large-ish onions (approx. 350g / 2¾ cups chopped)
• 3 - 4 x 15ml tablespoons olive oil
• 125 millilitres full fat milk
• 4 x 15ml tablespoons tomato puree
• 2 carrots (approx. 250g)
• 1 stick of celery
• 4 fat cloves of garlic
• 150 grams rindless pancetta (or bacon)
• A small bunch of flatleaf parsley (approx. 20g)
• 1 x 15ml tablespoon fresh thyme leaves (or 1 teaspoon dried thyme)
• ⅛ teaspoon dried chilli flakes
• 350 grams minced beef
• 350 grams minced pork
• 250 millilitres red wine (good enough to drink) or red vermouth
• 500 millilitres beef stock
• 2 x 400 grams tins of chopped tomatoes
• 2 teaspoons Maldon sea salt flakes (or 1 teaspoon fine sea salt)
• 3 fresh bay leaves
• Vegetable prep detritus from meat sauce, above
• 1 litre full fat milk plus more as needed
• 1 teaspoon Maldon sea salt flakes (or ½ teaspoon fine sea salt)
• A good grinding of white pepper
• 2 fresh bay leaves
• 100 grams unsalted butter
• 100 grams plain flour
• 3 x 15ml tablespoons (approx. 40g) freshly grated Parmesan
• 18-20 dried lasagne sheets
• 1 ball mozzarella not bufala
• 5 x 15ml tablespoons (approx. 40g) freshly grated Parmesan