Four cheese & meat lasagna

Name: Four cheese & meat lasagna
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Marinara sauce:; 2 lbs ground beef; 12 mini multi colored sweet peppers seeded, cut into half rings; 3/4 cup onion chopped finely; 2 oz can sliced black olives; 1/2 cup chopped celery; to taste honey; 1/2 cup pinot noir; 1 can diced tomatoes; 1 can tomato sauce; to taste honey; to taste Italian blend seasoning; to taste black pepper; to taste salt; to taste paprika; to taste Dill weed; to taste parsley; 2 fresh tomatoes chunky diced; vegetable broth if needed for thinning; 1 box uncooked lasagna noodles; 1 (8 oz) container ricotta cheese; shredded Colby & jack cheese mix; shredded mozzarella cheese

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.

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.

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Ingredients

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

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Steps

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

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

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

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

Build another layer exactly as previous one, then top with Italian blend seasoning and parsley
7

Bake at 350° in oven for 45mins, remove from oven, cut into squares in pan without removing, allow to cool 15mins
8

Serve and enjoy