Lasagne

By jkenb

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1/2 ½ pound ground lean pork (I use 1 pound sausage and ½ pound beef)
• 1 can 28 ounces whole tomatoes
• 1 can 12 ounces tomato paste
• 2 teaspoons garlic salt
• 1 1/2 1 ½ teaspoons oregano leaves
• 1 teaspoon basil leaves
• 2 cups creamed cottage cheese
• 12 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
• 12 ounces lasagne noodles
• 1/2 ½ cup grated parmesan cheese

Preparation

Step 1

In dutch oven cook and stir meats until brown. Drain off fat. Add tomatoes; break up with fork. Stir in tomato paste, garlic salt, oregano leaves and basil leaves. Heat to boiling, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered 20 minutes or until mixture is consistency of spaghetti sauce.
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Stir together cottage cheese and ½ cup parmesan cheese. Set aside 1/cup of meat sauce and ½ cup of the mozzarella cheese. In ungreased baking pan, 13X9X2 inches, alternate layers of 1/3 each noodles, remaining meat sauce, remaining mozzarella cheese and the cottage cheese mixture.
Spread reserved meat sauce over top; sprinkle with ½ cup parmesan cheese. Sprinkle reserved mozarella cheese across lasagne.
Bake uncovered 45 minutes. Let stand 15 minutes before cutting . Cut into 3-inch squares.