Lasagna My Way Recipes

EASY LASAGNA II

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat brown the ground beef. Drain the grease. Add spaghetti sauce and simmer for 5 minutes.
• In a large bowl, mix together the cottage cheese, 2 cups of the mozzarella cheese, eggs, half of the grated Parmesan cheese, dried parsley, salt and ground black pepper.
• To assemble, in the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish evenly spread 3/4 cup of the sauce mixture. Cover with 3 uncooked lasagna noodles, 1 3/4 cup of the cheese mixture, and 1/4 cup sauce. Repeat layers once more: top with 3 noodles, remaining sauce, remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Add 1/2 cup water to the edges of the pan. Cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degree F(175 degrees C) oven for 45 minutes. Uncover and bake an additional 10 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

WORLD'S BEST LASAGNA

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook sausage, ground beef, onion, and garlic over medium heat until well browned. Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, and water. Season with sugar, basil, fennel seeds, Italian seasoning, 1 teaspoon salt, pepper, and 2 tablespoons parsley. Simmer, covered, for about 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna noodles in boiling water for 8 to 10 minutes. Drain noodles, and rinse with cold water. In a mixing bowl, combine ricotta cheese with egg, remaining parsley, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• To assemble, spread 1 1/2 cups of meat sauce in the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish. Arrange 6 noodles lengthwise over meat sauce. Spread with one half of the ricotta cheese mixture. Top with a third of mozzarella cheese slices. Spoon 1 1/2 cups meat sauce over mozzarella, and sprinkle with 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Repeat layers, and top with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Cover with foil: to prevent sticking, either spray foil with cooking spray, or make sure the foil does not touch the cheese.
• Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove foil, and bake an additional 25 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes before serving.

ITALIAN-STYLE LASAGNA-MY WAY

Steps:

• Fry together ground beef and Italian sausage until no longer pink; drain.
• Add onion, celery and garlic; cook about 5 minutes.
• Add to meat mixture the remaining 8 ingredients; cook covered for 30-45 minutes, adding small amounts of water if necessary and stirring frequently. Mixture should be relatively thick. Remove from heat and stir in minced parsley.
• Preheat oven 350 degrees. Grease lasagna baking pan.
• Layer a small amount of meat sauce in bottom of baking pan (about 1 cup), topping with about 5 noodles, overlapping slightly. Top lasagna noodles with more sauce, several pieces of cream cheese and the 3 cheeses all equally divided between remaining layers. Repeat until sauce, noodles and cheese are used up.
• Cover baking pan with foil (can grease underside of foil, too) and bake 40 minutes; remove foil from pan and return to oven, baking an additional 10 minutes or until bubbly.
• Let stand 10 minutes before cutting.

EGGPLANT LASAGNA - MY WAY

Steps:

• Soak eggplant slices in a large bowl of lightly salted water for 30 minutes. Drain and pat dry with paper towels.
• Cook and stir ground beef in a skillet over medium heat until browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from heat, drain and add spaghetti sauce.
• Preheat the oven's broiler and set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source.
• Whisk olive oil and Italian seasoning together in a bowl.
• Brush both sides of eggplant slices with the seasoned olive oil.
• Arrange eggplant slices on a baking sheet and place in preheated oven; broil until browned, 2 to 4 minutes on each side.
• Set oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Stir ricotta cheese, egg, and ½ Parmesan cheese together in a bowl.
• Spread a small amount of spaghetti sauce/beef mixture in the bottom of a casserole dish.
• Layer 1/3 of the eggplant slices on bottom of the dish.
• Layer 1/3 of the spaghetti sauce/beef mixture.
• Layer 1/3 of the ricotta mixture.
• Layer 1/3 of the mozzarella cheese.
• Repeat 2 more times, finishing with a layer of mozzarella cheese and then ½ cup Parmesan cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until sauce is bubbling and cheese is browned, about 30 - 40 minutes.
• Let cool for 10 minutes before serving.

LASAGNA MY WAY

Steps:

• Use a large lasagna pan or 2 9x13 baking dishes. I have a HUGE lasagna pan, so I use it. Next time I make lasagna, I'm going to weight it!
• Make spaghetti sauce (with or without the veggies) as per my page. https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/main-course/italian/spaghetti-sauce-sorta-scratch.html?p=1 Mix the cheeses and eggs, reserving 1 cup of Parmesan for the top.
• Begin building the lasagna starting with the sauce, noodles, cheese mixture, noodles, ultimately ending with cheese mixture. Sprinkle remaining Parmesan cheese on top.
• Cover with foil and bake at 350. For a deep lasagna pan, 1 1/2-2 hours, for 2 9x13 pans, 1 hour. Remove the foil and let the cheese brown for the last 10 minutes. Let the lasagna rest for about 20 minutes before serving.
• This freezes well before or after baking. I normally bake first, then make individual containers for the freezer. You can make this in smaller disposable baking pans for shut-ins or to freeze and bake at a later time. If you use the disposable containers, place them on a cookie sheet when you bake them.