American Kitchen Classic Lasagna
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 9 uncooked lasagna noodles
- cooking spray
- 1 lb Italian pork sausage
- 1 lb ground round
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes (Hunts)
- 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained (Hunts, use the one with basil, garlic and oregano)
- 4 tablespoons fresh flat leaf parsley, chopped and divided
- 1⁄2 teaspoon fennel seed
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground black pepper, divided
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups part-skim ricotta cheese
- 1 cup romano cheese, shredded and divided
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 2 tablespoons fresh basil, thinly sliced
- 3 cups part-skim mozzarella cheese, shredded and divided
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cook lasagna noodles according to package directions. Drain and rinse with cool water to stop cooking.
- While the noodles cook, spray large saucepan with cooking spray. Heat over medium-high heat until hot and add sausage and ground chuck. Cook and stir 5 minutes to crumble meat. You want to have very small pieces of meat.
- Add onion and garlic to pan. Continue cooking 8 to 10 minutes or until meat is no longer pink and onion is tender. Drain meat mixture well. Add crushed and undrained tomatoes, 1 tablespoon parsley, fennel seeds, 1/4 teaspoon pepper and salt.
- Bring meat mixture to a boil. Reduce heat; cook uncovered over medium-low heat 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Place ricotta, 3/4 cup of the Romano cheese, eggs, remaining parsley, basil and remaining pepper in medium bowl; blend well. Set aside.
- Spray 13x9-inch glass baking dish with cooking spray. Spread 1 cup meat sauce evenly over bottom of dish. Place 3 lasagna noodles over sauce, top with 2 cups meat sauce, half of ricotta cheese mixture and 1 cup mozzarella cheese.
- Repeat layers ending with a layer of noodles topped with sauce and the remaining mozzarella and Romano cheeses.
- Spray underside of aluminum foil with cooking spray; cover dish tightly with foil. Bake 45 minutes. Remove foil and bake another 15 minutes or until cheese melts and sauce is bubbling. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
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