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
Course: RECIPES12
servings12
minutes2
hours30
minutesThis 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.
Ingredients
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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