Lasagna. Lasagne are a type of wide, flat pasta, possibly one of the oldest types of pasta. Lasagne, or the singular lasagna, is also an Italian dish made of stacked layers of this flat pasta alternating with. Recipes and tips for terrific lasagna.

Ingredients of Lasagna

1. Prepare 1 of # ground beef.
2. Prepare 1 of # pork (or sweet sausage).
3. It’s 1/2 C of onion, minced.
4. You need 2 cloves of garlic, crushed.
5. It’s 1 (28 oz) of can crushed tomatoes.
6. You need 1 (14 oz) of can tomato sauce.
7. You need 2 (6 oz) of can tomato paste.
8. Prepare 1/4 C of water, slightly less.
9. You need 2 T of white sugar.
10. It’s 1 1/2 tsp of dried basil.
11. You need 1 tsp of italian seasoning.
12. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of salt, divided.
13. You need 1/4 tsp of black pepper.
14. You need 4 T of fresh parsley, chopped (4 tsp dried).
15. You need 12 of lasagna noodles.
16. Prepare 16 oz of ricotta cheese.
17. Prepare 1 of egg.
18. You need 3 C of mozzarella cheese, shredded.
19. You need 3/4 C of parmesan cheese, grated.
20. You need of Crushed red pepper flakes, optional.

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Lasagna step by step

1. 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 (2 tsp dried). Add the red pepper flakes if using. Simmer, covered, for 1 1/2 hours. Stir occasionally..
2. 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 (2 tsp dried)parsley and 1/2 tsp salt..
3. Preheat oven to 375°..
4. 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..
5. Bake for 25 minutes. Remove the foil and bake an additional 25 minutes. Cool for 15-20 minutes before cutting into your lasagna..
6. I had an 8oz roll of mozzarella cheese on hand, so I sliced it and put it on the cheese layers..

Get a Lasagna mug for your friend Zora. Add lasagna to one of your lists below, or create a new one. From Italian lasagna (and its plural lasagne), possibly from Vulgar Latin *lasania, from Latin lasanum ("cooking pot"), from Ancient Greek λάσανον (lásanon, "trivet or stand for a pot"). Others argue the Italian lasagna originally derived from the Arabic (Semitic) lawzinaj ("almond cake"). Looking for an easy and healthy vegetarian lasagna recipe?