Chicken & Chorizo Lasagna

This next recipe is a great one to impress at a dinner party when you have friends over or cooking for your partner,chicken and chorizo are up there with the most tasty flavor combinations so i decided lets change a classic Italian dish (lasagna) into a more Spanish influenced plate of food. This recipe is not one to miss out on, give it a whirl and let me know what you think.

Ingredients

500g chicken thigh or breast sliced                       

100g chorizo diced
1 large onion very finely diced
2 celery stalks very finely diced
3 cloves garlic crushed
2 tins chopped tomatoes
150ml white wine
dried lasagna (approx 9 sheets)
1 tbs thyme chopped
1/2 tsp paprika
1 tsp sugar
50g Parmesan cheese grated

50g unsalted butter
50g plain flour
500ml milk
salt and pepper

watercress
cherry tomatoes
1/2 red onion finely sliced
1 tbs lemon juice
3 tbs olive oil
salt and pepper

Garlic bread

The graft

1. Cook the onion, celery and garlic in some oil for 5 mins until softened. Add the chorizo, chicken, thyme and paprika and continue cooking for 5 mins. Add the wine and tomatoes, then reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for 20 mins, add sugar and seasoning.

2. Meanwhile to make the bechamel sauce, melt the butter over a med heat, then whisk in the flour, pour in the milk and continue whisking until it comes to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 15-20 mins, stirring occasionally, 

3. Assemble the lasagna in a greased oven dish by layering the chicken mixture, bechamel and pasta alternatively, finishing with the bechamel, add the grated Parmesan and cook in an oven set at 200c for 40 mins.

4. Serve with the watercress salad and some garlic bread.

Please if you cook leave me some feedback on what you think..