Description
This is the best lasagna recipe I have tried. If you love meat and anything Italian like I do you have to give this a try. An added bonus is any left over sauce goes great with pasta.
Ingredients
- 1 lb. – Italian mild sausage
- 1 lb. – Ground beef
- 2 TB – Olive oil
- 1 – Medium onion (diced)
- 2 1/2 tsp – Minced garlic
- 28 oz. can – Crushed tomatoes
- 2–6 oz. cans – Tomato paste
- 15 oz. can – Tomato sauce
- 1/2 C – Water
- 2 TB – Sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp – Basil
- 1/2 tsp – Fennel seeds
- 1 tsp – Italian seasoning
- 4 tsp – Parsley
- 1 box – Lasagna noodles
- 15 oz. Ricotta cheese
- 1 – Egg
- 6 C – Shredded mozzarella
- 3/4 C – Parmesan cheese
- Salt – To taste
- Pepper – To taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees
- Heat oil in a large frying pan
- Add garlic and onion and cook on med-low until onion is soft
- Add sausage and ground beef and cook on medium until no pink remains-Do not drain
- Add crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, and water and stir
- Add sugar, basil, fennel seeds, Italian seasoning, and 2 tsp parsley
- Add salt and pepper to taste
- Mix ingredients thoroughly, cover and simmer for 45 minutes
- Cook noodles in a large pot al-dente, rinse with cold water and set aside
- In a med bowl mix ricotta cheese, egg, and remaining parsley then refrigerate.
- Spray a 9×13 deep disposable pan with cooking spray and begin adding layers
- Cover the bottom layer evenly with the meat sauce
- Sprinkle parmesan over the sauce
- Add the noodles on the next layer, generally 4 vertically and 1 horizontally will cover.
- Spoon a layer of ricotta evenly across the noodles
- Spread an even amount of mozzarella over the ricotta
- Keep layering to desired thickness, I usually get 3 layers out of this
- Top with a layer of sauce, mozzarella, parmesan and sprinkle with parsley
- Cover dish with foil, use toothpicks to prevent foil from sticking and back for 30 minutes
- Uncover and bake an additional 20 minutes
- Let cool and serve
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 572
- Sugar: 17.9
- Sodium: 1264mg
- Fat: 25.7g
- Saturated Fat: 12.5g
- Carbohydrates: 33.3g
- Fiber: 6.1g
- Protein: 51.1g
- Cholesterol: 198mg
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