Potato Lasagne

Ingredients

• 1.2kg chuck beef or other slow cooking beef, cut into 4 pieces
• Salt & black pepper
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 large carrots, peeled and diced
• 2 sticks of celery, diced
• 2 tins chopped tomatoes
• 3 tbsp tomato paste
• 2 beef stock cubes
• 250ml full bodied red wine
• 375ml water
• 3/4 tsp dried thyme or 3 sprigs fresh thyme
• 3 bay leaves
• 1kg Nanna Tate potatoes, peeled and sliced thinly as possible, then tossed in salt and pepper
• 200g Mozzarella, torn into bitesize pieces
• 60g grated parmesan
• 100ml single cream
• 500ml milk
• 60g butter
• 100g plain flour
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg, freshly grated
• 60g fresh basil leaves
• 1 tbsp olive oil