Gentle Lasagna Soup
By Robin Tasker · Serves 6 · 40 min
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The viral TikTok lasagna soup, reworked to go easy on a sensitive gut — same cosy, cheesy comfort, built on infused oil and soft, well-cooked pasta. Cook once, feed the family.
The lasagna soup all over TikTok looked incredible — and, honestly, like a rough night waiting to happen. The viral version is loaded with onion, garlic, chilli and rich sausage, and on our scale it lands right at the top — a 10 out of 10 for a sensitive gut. I still wanted it. So I reworked it: same cosy, cheesy, tomatoey bowl, built on garlic-infused oil, onion- and garlic-free stock, smooth passata and soft, well-cooked pasta. This gentler version comes in around 4.0 out of 10 — a big drop, and a completely different bowl for your gut, without giving up the comfort. Here's how I make mine, with the trigger stuff kept on the side so the whole family still gets theirs. (These are modelled estimates, not medical advice — everyone's different.)
Ingredients
- 500 g beef mince
- 20 g garlic-infused olive oil
- 700 g tomato passata
- 30 g tomato paste
- 900 g onion- and garlic-free beef stock
- 250 g macaroni
- 80 g baby spinach
- 100 g ricotta
- 40 g parmesan
- 2 g dried oregano
- 2 g dried basil
Method
- Warm the garlic-infused olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the beef mince and cook, breaking it up, until well browned. No infused oil? Warm plain olive oil on low with a halved garlic bulb (and a peeled, halved onion if you like) for 10–20 minutes while you prep, then lift every piece out before anything else goes in. How it works.
- Stir in the tomato paste and cook for a minute, then pour in the tomato passata and beef stock. Add the dried oregano and basil.
- Bring to a gentle simmer and cook low and slow for 20–25 minutes, so everything is very soft and the flavours come together.
- Add the macaroni and simmer until soft, about 10 minutes. Stir the spinach through at the end and let it cook right down until wilted and soft.
- Serve topped with a spoon of ricotta and a little parmesan.
Gentler swaps
- No garlic-infused oil? A plain good olive oil still works — you lose a little savoury depth but keep it gentle.
- Passata keeps it smooth (skins and seeds removed); if you only have chopped tomatoes, blend them first.
- Small, well-cooked pasta (macaroni, risoni, broken spaghetti) is gentler than big torn lasagna sheets.
For the family
Cook once — your gentle version, plus how to pep it up for everyone else.
Same pot, one tweak. For everyone else, stir chopped fresh garlic and a good pinch of chilli flakes through their bowls, and pile on extra parmesan and mozzarella. Yours stays gentle; theirs gets the full hit.
Scores are modelled estimates, not medical advice. Everyone's gut is different, and tolerance changes over time. Reintroduce foods one at a time, and follow your own medical team's advice.