Four cheese & meat lasagna

alley927cat
alley927cat @cook_7853600

I made several attempts to get this recipe to my liking. I like a sweet mainiara sauce, so eliminate the honey if you don't. This is the version I settled on.

Four cheese & meat lasagna

I made several attempts to get this recipe to my liking. I like a sweet mainiara sauce, so eliminate the honey if you don't. This is the version I settled on.

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Ingredients

  1. Marinara sauce:
  2. 2 lbsground beef
  3. 12mini multi colored sweet peppers seeded, cut into half rings
  4. 3/4 cuponion chopped finely
  5. 2 ozcan sliced black olives
  6. 1/2 cupchopped celery
  7. to tastehoney
  8. 1/2 cuppinot noir
  9. 1 candiced tomatoes
  10. 1 cantomato sauce
  11. to tastehoney
  12. to tasteItalian blend seasoning
  13. to tasteblack pepper
  14. to tastesalt
  15. to tastepaprika
  16. to tasteDill weed
  17. to tasteparsley
  18. 2fresh tomatoes chunky diced
  19. vegetable broth if needed for thinning
  20. 1 boxuncooked lasagna noodles
  21. 1 (8 oz)container ricotta cheese
  22. shredded Colby & jack cheese mix
  23. shredded mozzarella cheese

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    In a Dutch oven, brown ground meat, with onions, celery, and peppers, with seasonings to taste. After meat is thoroughly browned, pour off fat.

  2. 2

    Add drained olives, canned tomatoes, honey, wine, and re-season from pouring off the browned ground meat fat. Let simmer low for 15 mins

  3. 3

    Stir, then add tomato sauce, simmer on low for 30mins, check for taste and adjust seasonings to liking, fold in fresh diced tomatoes, turn off fire and set aside to cool

  4. 4

    Line a Pyrex casserole dish with tin foil, ladle in a thin layer of marinara, then top with uncooked lasagna noodles

  5. 5

    Add more generous amount of marinara on top of the uncooked noodles, and top with thin scoops of ricotta cheese, then a mixture of shredded jack, colby, and mozzarella cheese, repeat to make a total of 3 layers of lasagna noodles

  6. 6

    Build another layer exactly as previous one, then top with Italian blend seasoning and parsley

  7. 7

    Bake at 350° in oven for 45mins, remove from oven, cut into squares in pan without removing, allow to cool 15mins

  8. 8

    Serve and enjoy

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Mmm! Looks hearty and delicious.

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