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DAD'S LASAGNA

Steps:

• Remove sausage skins and break up the sausage in frying pan.
• Brown meat slowly and spoon off excess fat.
• Add garlic, basil, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, tomatoes and tomato paste.
• Simmer, covered for 15 minutes; stir often.
• Set aside when finished.
• Meanwhile, cook noodles in boiling salted water until tender; drain; rinse.
• In a large bowl, beat eggs; add Ricotta, Parmesan, Parsley, pepper and a tsp of salt.
• Mix well.
• Now in a 13x9x2 inch baking dish; Layer half the noodles; spread with half the Ricotta cheese/egg mixture; add half the thinly sliced mozzarella and then half the meat sauce.
• Repeat.
• Bake at 375 F degrees for about 30 minutes.
• Alternatively, you could refrigerate until later and then bake for 45 minutes.
• Either way let the lasagna stand for 10 minutes before serving.

PAPA D'S LASAGNA

Steps:

• For meat sauce: Over medium high heat sauté onion and garlic in oil until lightly browned. Add beef and brown. Drain.
• Add remaining ingredients stir to combine and simmer uncovered for 1 hour, salt and pepper to taste, add wine stir and cook an additional 1/2 hour. Skim of any grease that forms during this time. Remove bay leaf.
• For cheese sauce mix together all ingredients except mozzarella.
• Cook lasagna noodles according to package directions drain and rinse.
• In a 9 x 13 casserole dish sprayed with non-stick spread out a small amount of sauce then place 1/3 of the noodles on the bottom, add 1/3 cheese sauce, 1/3 meat sauce and 1/3 of mozzarella. Repeat layer.
• Bake in a pre-heated 325º F oven for 45 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes before cutting.

DEADLY DELICIOUS LASAGNA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain and lay noodles on a paper towel.
• In a large skillet over medium heat, cook sausage, spicing to taste, until no longer pink, and reserve.
• In a large bowl, mix the ricotta and 2 jars of spaghetti sauce. In a medium bowl, mix the Parmesan and mozzarella cheeses.
• Stir all but one cup of the cheese mixture into the ricotta mixture; stir in the sausage and chopped spinach.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Coat the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish with a thin layer of spaghetti sauce. Lay 3 to 4 noodles lengthwise and side by side; then lay 3 to 4 noodles overlapping and in a staggered pattern on top.
• Add a generous layer of the sausage/cheese; repeat layers twice, until they have reach 1/2 inch from the top of the baking dish. Layer noodles on top of the lasagna and coat in the last jar of spaghetti sauce. Cover with last cup of cheese mixture and bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes or until golden brown. Slice and serve, and then see a dietician... It's deadly.