Homemade Lasagna is a classic that every cook should try at least once. The perfect dish is made up of tender sheets of pasta, a cheese filling, and a deep meaty tomato sauce!
Lasagna is the ultimate comfort food, made of noodles, ground beef, sauce, and cheese. This lasagna makes a hearty main dish that can be made ahead of time or baked right immediately.
Easy Homemade Lasagna
This is the best lasagna recipe I’ve ever tried! Simple, cheesy, beefy, and oh so tasty! It’s the go-to recipe for feeding a crowd or presenting to a party.
12
servings12
minutes2
hours30
minutesIngredients
1 pound Italian sweet sausage
Lean ground beef, 34 pound
1/2 cup onion, minced
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 can crushed tomatoes (28 ounces)
2 cans tomato paste (6 oz.)
2 cans (6.5 oz.) canned tomato sauce
1/2 cup of water
2 tablespoons sugar (white)
1/2 tablespoons basil leaves, dried
1/2 tsp. fennel seeds
1 tsp. Italian spices
1/2 teaspoons salt (divided) or salt to taste
1/4 teaspoon black pepper, ground
4 tbsp. fresh parsley, chopped
1/2 noodle lasagna
Ricotta cheese, 16 oz.
a single egg
3/4 pound sliced mozzarella cheese
3/4 cup parmesan cheese, grated
Directions
- Cook sausage, ground beef, onion, and garlic in a Dutch oven over medium heat until fully browned.
- Combine the crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, and water in a mixing bowl.
- tablespoons parsley, sugar, basil, fennel seeds, Italian spice, 1 teaspoon salt, and pepper
- Cover and cook for 1 1/2 hours, stirring periodically.
- big saucepan of lightly salted water should be brought to a boil. Cook lasagna noodles for 8 to 10 minutes in boiling water.
- Rinse the noodles in cold water after draining them.
- Combine ricotta cheese, egg, remaining parsley, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a mixing bowl.
- Preheat the oven to 375 ℉ (190 degrees C).
- Spread 1 1/2 cups meat sauce in the bottom of a 9×13-inch baking dish to assemble. Place 6 noodles lengthwise on top of the meat sauce.
- Half of the ricotta cheese mixture should be spread on top.
- third of the mozzarella cheese slices should be placed on top.
- 1/2 cups meat sauce, plus 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, on top of mozzarella. Top with the remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese and repeat the layers.
- To keep the foil from clinging to the cheese, spray it with cooking spray or make sure it doesn’t touch it.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and bake for 25 minutes.
- Remove the foil and bake for another 25 minutes. Allow 15 minutes to cool before serving.
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