My Favorite Lasagna
My Favorite Lasagna
Servings: 6 people
Ingredients
Meat Sauce
- 1 lb ground Italian sausage hot or mild
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- ½ cup white onion chopped
- 4-5 cloves garlic minced
- 24 oz pasta sauce bonus if it's homemade!
- 2 tsp fennel seeds
- 1 tsp red pepper flakes more or less to taste
- salt and pepper to taste
Ricotta Sauce
- 16 oz ricotta cheese
- 1 egg
- 4 tbsp fresh parsley, minced or 1 tbsp dried
- salt to taste
Other Ingredients
- 12-16 lasagna noodles, cooked follow box instructions on cooking
- ¾ lb fresh mozzarella shredded
- ¾ cup parmesan cheese grated or shredded
Instructions
- In a Dutch oven, brown sausage, ground beef, onion, and garlic over medium heat.
- Stir in pasta sauce, fennel seeds and salt and pepper to taste. Cover and simmer on low for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- While sauce simmers, cook lasagna noodles as instructed on box. Once cooked, drain and rinse with cold water. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- To assemble: Spread a cup or so of meat sauce in the bottom of a lasagna dish. Arrange 3-4 noodles lengthwise over meat sauce. Spread with ½ of the ricotta cheese mixture. Top with ⅓ of the mozzarella cheese. Spoon 1 ½ cups meat sauce over mozzarella. Repeat layers, and top with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese
- Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove foil, and bake an additional 25 minutes. Finish by broiling for 3-4 mins if desired. Cool for 15 minutes before serving.
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