3 Cheese Lasagna Whomemade Marinara Sauce Recipes

THE {BEST} CLASSIC LASAGNA WITH SAUSAGE AND MARINARA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet set over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add the sausage and cook until no pink remains, using the spoon to break the sausage up into small pieces as it cooks. Dump the sausage into the marinara sauce, stir, and set aside.
• Add the ricotta, 1 & 1/2 cups grated parmesan, egg, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper to a bowl and stir to combine.
• Ladle about 1/4 cup of the marinara sauce into a 9 x 13 rectangular baking dish and spread it out so it covers the entire bottom of the dish. Lay 4 lasagna noodles over the sauce, across the bottom of the pan. They will overlap a bit. Spread 1/3 of the ricotta mixture over the noodles into an even layer. Ladle 1 & 3/4 cups of marinara sauce and sausage over the ricotta mixture, spreading it out into an even layer. Top the sauce with 1 cup grated mozzarella.
• Repeat this layering process two more times: 4 noodles, 1/3 of the ricotta mixture, 1 & 3/4 cup marinara sauce, and 1 cup mozzarella cheese. With each layer, gently press the noodles down with your hands or the back of a spatula to compact each layer into the pan.
• Sprinkle the remaining 1 cup of grated parmesan over the final layer of mozzarella cheese.
• Spray a sheet of aluminum foil with non-stick baking spray and loosely cover the pan of lasagna. Set the pan on a baking sheet (to catch any drips) and bake for 35 minutes (*see note). Remove the foil and bake for another 20-30 minutes, until the cheese on the top is completely melted and just beginning to brown and the lasagna is bubbly around the edges.
• Remove the lasagna from the oven and let rest for 15 minutes before serving. Letting it rest is important - it will be "soupy" and difficult to serve straight from the oven.

THREE CHEESE LASAGNA RECIPE

Steps:

• Add garlic and onion to a skillet with a splash of olive oil. Cook over medium high heat for around 10 minutes, until onion is soft. Add sauce, stir, and set aside
• In a bowl, stir to combine the freshly grated parmesan cheese, ricotta cheese, oregano, egg, and fresh parsley.
• Grease a 9 X 13 casserole dish with cooking spray
• Add 1/3 cup sauce to the bottom of the dish and spread it out
• Add 3 lasagna noodles
• Place 1/2 cup of the ricotta mixture and spread out over the noodles
• Add 1 cup of the sauce and spread out over the top
• Sprinkle on 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese
• Add the next layer: 3 noodles, 1/2 cup ricotta, 1 cup of sauce, and 1/2 cup of mozzarella
• For the final layer, add 3 noodles, the rest of the ricotta, the rest of the sauce, and the remaining 1 cup of mozzarella over the top
• Cover with foil and bake at 375 degrees for 50 - 60 minutes, until hot and bubbly
• For crispy edges and top, remove foil for the last 5 minutes (optional)

THREE CHEESE LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. In 13x9" baking dish, spread marina sauce across bottom and lay down a row of cooked noodles until the sauce is completely covered. Spread ricotta cheese on top of noodles and add a layer of romano and Horizon cheese. Then add a layer of cooked ground beef. Repeat. Add a final layer of marina sauce and Horizon cheese on top, then season with oregano and salt. Cover with foil and bake for 60 minutes, or until cheese begins to brown. Top with fresh basil before serving.

SIMPLE MARINARA SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Saute garlic until aromatic and tender. Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato puree, oregano, parsley, Romano cheese, Parmesan cheese, bay leaves and onion powder. Reduce heat to low and simmer for at least 40 minutes.

THREE-CHEESE LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat 10-12 minutes or until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in pasta from the dinner mix, contents of seasoning mix, water, tomatoes, spinach, mushrooms and onions. Bring to a boil. , Reduce heat; cover and simmer 10-13 minutes or until pasta is tender. Stir in cottage cheese and Parmesan cheese. , Transfer to two greased 8-in. square baking dishes. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Cover and freeze one casserole for up to 3 months. , Cover and bake the remaining casserole 15-20 minutes or until bubbly and cheese is melted. , To use frozen casserole: Remove from the freezer 30 minutes before baking (do not thaw). Cover and bake at 350° for 1 hour. Uncover; bake 15-20 minutes longer or until heated through.

THREE-CHEESE LASAGNA WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• FOR SAUCE:
• Heat oil in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, carrots and garlic; sauté until softened, about 12 minutes. Add beef and sausages to pan; sauté until cooked through, breaking up meat with back of spoon, about 5 minutes. Add remaining ingredients. Cover and simmer until flavors blend and sauce measures about 5 cups, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Cool.
• FOR LASAGNA:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Cook noodles in large pot of boiling salted water until almost tender, about 7 minutes. Drain; cover with cold water.
• Combine ricotta and 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese in medium bowl. Mix in spinach. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Mix in eggs.
• Drain pasta and pat dry. Spread 1/2 cup sauce over bottom of 13x9-inch glass baking dish. Place 5 noodles over sauce, overlapping to fit. Spread half of ricotta-spinach mixture evenly over noodles. Sprinkle 2 cups mozzarella cheese evenly over ricotta-spinach mixture. Spoon 1 1/2 cups sauce over cheese, spreading with spatula to cover (sauce will be thick). Repeat layering with 5 noodles, remaining ricotta-spinach mixture, 2 cups mozzarella and 1 1/2 cups sauce. Arrange remaining 5 noodles over sauce. Spread remaining sauce over noodles. Sprinkle remaining 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese evenly over lasagna. (Can be prepared up to 1 day ahead. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate.) Cover baking dish with aluminum foil. Bake lasagna 40 minutes; uncover and bake until hot and bubbly, about 40 minutes. Let lasagna stand 15 minutes before serving.

3 CHEESE LASAGNA

Steps:

• Chop the garlic.
• Grind the garlic, peppercorns, salt, thyme, basil, and oregano together with a mortar and pestle.
• Start frying these ground ingredients in a large frying pan with a little oil. Fry for a few seconds.
• Add the ground beef.
• Now boil some water. Add the lasagna noodles.
• Chop the mushrooms, onions, and any vegetables up. Add to the frying meat.
• When the beef is fully cooked, Add the spaghetti sauce, tomatoes, and tomato paste. Continue cooking until the vegetables are cooked.
• When the lasagne noodles are cooked, preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Grate the mozzarella, crumble the ricotta and parmesan, and mix the 3 cheeses together.
• In a lasagne pan, layer the ingredients, starting with sauce, then noodles, then cheese.
• Put 3 layers of noodles, and then more sauce on the top, and finally add some more parmesan to the top.
• Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes.

3 MEAT 3 CHEESE LASAGNA

Steps:

• Brown the meat, and drain.
• Add both cans of sauce to the meat mixture, and heat on low, covered, making sure to stir every few minutes.
• While the sauce is heating, boil the noodles according to package directions, and preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• When the noodles are ready, drain them and run cold water over them so that they are not too hot to touch.
• Put a little bit of the meat sauce on the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking dish.
• Do 2 layers of: 4 noodles, meat sauce, parmesan cheese, mozza-cheddar cheese.
• Final layer is 4 noodles, meat sauce, and parmesan cheese (mozza-cheddar layer gets added later, so it won't burn).
• Bake in oven for 20-25 minutes.
• Take out of the oven and put a final layer of mozza-cheddar cheese on top; bake another 10 minutes or until cheese is bubbly and just starting to brown, don't let it get overdone.
• Let sit for 10 minutes before cutting.

THREE-CHEESE SKILLET LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a food processor, pulse tomatoes until coarsely pureed. In a large deep skillet, bring tomatoes, garlic, and oil to a boil. Season with salt and pepper. Reduce to a simmer and cook on medium until thickened, about 12 minutes (you should have 5 cups marinara sauce).
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, mix together egg yolk, ricotta, and 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper.
• Carefully pour sauce into a heatproof bowl and return 3/4 cup to skillet; spread sauce evenly. Add a single layer of noodles, breaking them up to fit. Top with half the ricotta mixture, spreading evenly. Follow with a second layer of noodles, then 1 1/2 cups marinara. Add a third layer of noodles, then remaining ricotta mixture. Follow with a final noodle layer, then remaining sauce. Sprinkle mozzarella and pecorino over top.
• Bake lasagna until golden and bubbling, 30 to 35 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.