One-pan beef lasagne jumble

One-pan beef lasagne jumble

This dish breaks the rules, almost literally! Instead of layering up your pasta sheets, you snap them into pieces and throw them into a scrummy beef, spinach, carrot and red pepper ragu elevated with sun-dried tomato paste and fresh thyme. Next, bake until the pasta’s soft, the sauce is bubbling and the fab flavours have intensified. A sprinkle of parsley and you’re done.

SWK: Source of fibre SWK: High protein Plants 5 one pot

Serving size

Cook time: 40 mins
Cuisine: Italian
Food group: Beef
Allergens: Wheat

Cooking Instructions

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As of December 2025, we’ve revised cooking times for all our proteins to reflect improved food safety guidance.

Check out the latest recommended times in our Cooking Guidelines.

Before you start

  • 1x large, deep non-stick frying pan with lid

Chop, chop!

  • Heat your oven to 220ºC/fan 200ºC/gas 7.
  • Coarsely grate the carrots, then peel and finely dice the onions. Deseed and finely dice the peppers.
  • Peel and finely chop the garlic, and finely chop the thyme leaves.

Ace the base

  • Spritz a large, deep, ovenproof, non-stick frying pan with cooking spray and put it over a medium heat. Fry the carrots, onions, peppers, garlic and mince for 5-7 mins, breaking up the beef with a wooden spoon.

Soften the pasta

  • Add the thyme, tomato paste and spinach. Stir well and cook for 1 min, until the spinach wilts.
  • Squeeze in the passata, crumble in the stock and pour in 300ml boiled water (500ml for 4 portions). Snap the lasagne sheets into pieces, dropping them into the sauce. Lightly season to taste.
  • Stir, then cover with a lid and simmer for 5-6 mins, until the pasta starts to soften.

Bake your lasagne

  • Remove the lid and put the pan in the oven. Bake for 8-10 mins, until the sauce has thickened and the pasta is cooked.

Finish & serve

  • Finely chop the parsley.
  • Scatter the parsley over the lasagne jumble and serve.

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