Lasagna
By amazngraece
Ingredients
- 1 lb sweet italian sausage
- 1 lb. lean ground beef
- 1 C minced onion
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 1 (28oz) can crushed tomatoes
- 2 cans tomato paste
- 1 (13oz) can tomato sauce
- 1/2 C water
- 2 T sugar
- 1 1/2 t dried basil
- 1/2 t fennel seeds
- 1 t Italian seasoning
- 1/4 t pepper
- 4 T chopped fresh parsley
- 12 lasagna noodles
- 16 oz ricotta cheese
- 1 egg
- 12 oz mozzarella cheese, sliced
- 3/4 C grated parmesean
Details
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 32mins
Preparation
Step 1
1. Cook sausage, ground beef, onion, garlic, over medium heat until well browned. Stir in crushed tomatoes, paste, sauce and water. Add sugar, basil, fennel. italian seasoning. pepper and 1/2 parsley. Simmer 90 minutes stirring occasionally.
2. cook lasagna noodles for 8-10 minutes in boiling water then rinse w/ cold.
3. Combine ricotta, egg, remaining parsley.
Preheat oven to 375
4. Assemble:
1 1/2 C meat sauce,
6 noodles.
1/2 Ricotta mixture,
1/3 of mozarella slices.
Spoon 1 1/2 C meat sauce onto mozarella cover with 1/4 parmesean.
Repeat and top w mozarella and parmesean, cover with foil, spray foil w Pam and make sure foil not touching cheese.
5. Bake 25 minutes, remove foil and bake 25 more, let sit 15 minutes before serving.
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