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The Best Lasagna

4.67 from 3 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings: 6 people
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Meat Sauce Ingredients:
  • 1 onion (chopped)
  • 1/4 cup pepperoni (chopped)
  • 1 lb sweet Italian pork sausage
  • 1 lb spicy Italian pork sausage
  • 5 cloves garlic (chopped)
  • 1 28 oz can crushed tomatoes
  • 1 handful basil chopped
Herb Ricotta Cheese Ingredients:
  • 2 cups ricotta cheese
  • 5 basil leaves chopped
  • 1 handful parsley chopped
  • 1 pinch salt and pepper
Other Lasgana Ingredients:
  • 1 lb fresh lasagna noodles (or cooked boxed noodles)
  • 4 cups mozzarella cheese (shredded)
  • 1 cup parmesan cheese (grated)
  • 4 tbs extra virgin olive oil

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven at 350 degrees.
Meat Sauce Instructions:
  1. First, add to a pot (on medium high heat), onions, pepperoni, garlic, salt and pepper.
  2. Now, mix to together for 1 minute.
  3. Next, add the sweet and spicy sausage. Break the sausage up, spread on bottom of pan, and let cook for 3 minutes.
  4. Now mix the sauasge mixture. Then add crushed tomatoes and basil. Turn the heat on low and cook for 15 minutes.
Ricotta Instructions:
  1. Mix all the ricotta ingredients together until well combined.
Lasagna Instructions:
  1. First, put 1/3 meat sauce on the bottom of lasagna dish. Spread so covers the bottom.
  2. Next, add a layer of noodles.
  3. Now add 1/3 ricotta mixture and spread on top of the noodles.
  4. Next, sprinkle a handful mozzarella and parmesan cheese on top.
  5. Now, repeat 2 more layer of sauce, ricotta, mozzarella/parmesan.
  6. For the top layer, add rest of the sauce and then lots of mozzarella and parmesan. 
  7. Next, cover with tinfoil and bake for 30 minutes.
  8. Finally, uncover and bake 10 to 15 minutes until the cheese is bubbly.
  9. Top with more basil and enjoy!