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Ingredients
- 1 lb. sweet Italian sausage
- 1 pound of ground beef
- l/2 cup of chopped onions
- 2 cloves of garlic chopped
- 1 (28 oz) can of crushed tomatoes
- 2 (8 oz) cans of tomato sauce
- 2 (6 oz) cans of tomato paste
- l/2 cup water
- 2 tbsps. white sugar
- 1 tsp. fennel seed
- 2 tsps fresh basil leaves chopped
- 4 tbsps fresh Italian parsley chopped
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp Italian Seasoning
- l/2 tsp ground pepper
- 23 ounces of ricotta cheese
- l/2 tsp. fresh grated nutmeg
- 1 egg
- 1 pound shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Details
Servings 8
Preparation
Step 1
Brown the ground beef, Italian sausage, onions and garlic in a pot until they start to cook. It takes about 6 to 9 minutes to brown the meat.
Add the following: 1 (28 ounce) can of crushed tomatoes, 2 (8 ounce) cans of tomato sauce), 2 (6 ounce) cans of tomato paste, l/2 cup water.
Add the following: 2 Tablespoons white sugar, 1 teaspoon fennel seed, 2 teaspoons fennel seed, 2 tablespoons fresh Italian parsley, chopped, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning, l/2tsp ground pepper.
Cover the pot and let the meat sauce simmer on low heat for 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Soak the 12 lasagna noodles in hot tap water for 15 minutes.
While the noodles are soaking, make the cheese filling.
Put the following in a mixing bowl: 23 ounces of ricotta cheese, l/2 tsp. fresh nutmeg.
Add the following: 1 egg, 2 Tablespoons fresh Italian parsley, chopped. Mix these ingredients together with spoon.
Build the lasagna layers. Use a 9 x 13 pan. Spread 2 cups of meat sauce on the bottom of the pan. Remove the lasagna noodles out of the water bath. Shake water off wet noodles. Lay 6 noodles across the layer of sauce. Spread half of the ricotta cheese mixture over the layers of noodles. Spread l/2 of the mozzarella cheese over the ricotta layer. Spread l/2 of the Parmesan cheese over the mozzarella layer. Spread 2 cups of meat sauce over the cheese layer. Lay down the next layer of noodles. Spread the remaining ricotta over noodles. Spread the mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses saving some cheese for the top of the lasagna. Put the last layer of meat sauce on the cheeses. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.
Cover with foil, Bake in preheated oven at 350 for 25 minutes. Remove foil and bake uncovered for another 25 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool for approximately 15 minutes.
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