Lasagna.
Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, lasagna. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Lasagna is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It's easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It's enjoyed by millions daily. Lasagna is something that I have loved my entire life. They're nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have lasagna using 20 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Lasagna:
- {Take of # ground beef.
- {Make ready of # pork (or sweet sausage).
- {Make ready of onion, minced.
- {Prepare of garlic, crushed.
- {Get of can crushed tomatoes.
- {Make ready of can tomato sauce.
- {Get of can tomato paste.
- {Get of water, slightly less.
- {Get of white sugar.
- {Make ready of dried basil.
- {Get of italian seasoning.
- {Make ready of salt, divided.
- {Prepare of black pepper.
- {Make ready of fresh parsley, chopped (4 tsp dried).
- {Make ready of lasagna noodles.
- {Get of ricotta cheese.
- {Prepare of egg.
- {Prepare of mozzarella cheese, shredded.
- {Get of parmesan cheese, grated.
- {Take of Crushed red pepper flakes, optional.
Instructions to make Lasagna:
- In a Dutch oven, cook beef, pork, onion, and garlic over medium heat until browned. Stir in the crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce and water. Add the sugar, basil, Italian seasoning, 1 tsp salt, pepper and 2T parsley (2 tsp dried). Add the red pepper flakes if using. Simmer, covered, for 1 1/2 hours. Stir occasionally..
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook the noodles for 10 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water. In a small bowl, mix the ricotta cheese, egg, 2T parsley (2 tsp dried) and 1/2 tsp salt..
- Preheat oven to 375°..
- Spray a 13"x9" baking dish with cooking spray. Spread 1 1/2C of meat sauce on the bottom. Put a single layer of noodles over the meat sauce. Spread with 1/2 of the cheese mixture. Top with 1C of mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle with some of the parmesan cheese. Repeat layers 2 times and the top will be the cheeses. Cover with sprayed foil to prevent the cheese sticking to it..
- Bake for 25 minutes. Remove the foil and bake an additional 25 minutes. Cool for 15-20 minutes before cutting into your lasagna..
- I had an 8oz roll of mozzarella cheese on hand, so I sliced it and put it on the cheese layers..
So that is going to wrap this up with this special food lasagna recipe. Thanks so much for your time. I'm sure that you will make this at home. There's gonna be more interesting food in home recipes coming up. Remember to bookmark this page in your browser, and share it to your family, colleague and friends. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!