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Lasagna

becky44
becky44 @becky53
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my Nana always made this dish on a Sunday for a family get together

Lasagna

my Nana always made this dish on a Sunday for a family get together

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Ingredients

Bake at 350 for 45 minutes
8-10 servings
  1. 1 lbsItalian sausage (hot or sweet)
  2. 1 lbsground beef
  3. 1/2 cupchopped onion
  4. 1 (28 oz)can crushed tomatoes
  5. 2 (8 oz)cans tomato sauce
  6. 2 (6 oz)cans tomato paste
  7. 1/2 cupwater
  8. 1 tspdry basil
  9. 2 Tdry parsley (divided)
  10. 1 tspsalt
  11. 1 tspItalian seasoning
  12. 1/2 tspblack pepper
  13. 23 ozricotta cheese
  14. 1/2 tspnutmeg
  15. 1large egg
  16. 2 cupsmozzarella cheese
  17. 1 cupparmesan cheese
  18. 1 clovegarlic (chopped)
  19. 2 Twhite sugar
  20. 15lasagna noodles
  21. 2 clovesgarlic (chopped)

Cooking Instructions

Bake at 350 for 45 minutes
  1. 1

    Place the following into a pot (Dutch Oven) : sausage, ground beef, 1/2 cup onion and 2 chopped cloves of garlic.

  2. 2

    Brown together until the pink is gone in the meat.
    You can remove the grease when done, or you can keep it in the pot.

  3. 3

    Now add the following: crushed tomatoes, tomato sauces, tomato paste and 1/2 cup water. gently stir into the meat mixture.

  4. 4

    Now add 2 T white sugar, 1 tsp Basil, 1 T parsley, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp Italian seasoning and 1/2 tsp black pepper. Gently stir these into the sauce mixture.

  5. 5

    Let simmer for about 1 hour covered on low heat.

  6. 6

    Now soak 15 lasagna noodles into hot tap water for 15 minutes

  7. 7

    While the noodles are soaking,mix the following into a medium sized bowl : Ricotta cheese, 1/2 tsp nutmeg,1 egg,1 T parsley

  8. 8

    Time to build the Lasagna!!!

  9. 9

    Use a 9x13 baking pan. spread 2 cup of the sauce onto bottom of the baking pan

  10. 10

    Remove the noodles from the water. shake water off noodles

  11. 11

    Place 5 noodles across the layer of sauce in the pan

  12. 12

    Spread half the ricotta mixture onto the noodles

  13. 13

    Spread 1/2 of the mozzarella cheese over the ricotta cheese (save a little mozzarella cheese for the top)

  14. 14

    Sprinkle 1/2 the parmesan cheese over the mozzarella cheese

  15. 15

    Now put 2 more cup of the meat sauce on top of the cheese layer (save a little for top layer of noodles)

  16. 16

    Place 5 more noodle across the sauce

  17. 17

    Spread remaining ricotta cheese mixture on top, then 3/4 cup of the mozzarella cheese on top of that, following with 1/2 cup parmesan cheese

  18. 18

    Add 5 more noodles, put some sauce on top of them with a little bit of the mozzarella cheese

  19. 19

    Cover with aluminum foil and place into a pre heated over of 350 degrees

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